GLYCAEMIC CONTROL AND CARDIOPULMONARY FUNCTIONS IN ASYMPTOMATIC PATIENTS WITH IDDM

Abstract

This study was carried out in an attempt to study the cardiopulmonary effects in type I DM patients whose are not symptomatizing from overt complications and the relation of these effects with the glycaemic state and with the duration of hyperglycaemia. Patients were selected from diabetic out patient clinic of Assiut University Hospital and those patients were categorized m two groups. One group was having prolonged hyperglycaemia and the other group of patients were kept their glycaemic state near the normal values for a long time. All patients were not suffering from any other chronic disease, chest disease or cardiac disease proved by clinical examination and non invasive investigations. All patients were subjected to: - - Estimations of pulmonary functions using spirometry - Estimations of cardiac functions using echocardiography The data observed from both groups were compared with each other and with normal, h althy non-diabetic controls. In our study we found that, patients those were hyperglycemic were suffering from respiratory impairment in the form of restrictive pulmonary dysfunction and from cardiac impairment in the form of LV dysfunction much more than those were normoglycaemic.