title: [Dynamic scintigraphy of gastric emptying in non-insulin dependent diabetics with autonomic neuropathy].
abstract: To ascertain whether gastric emptying of solids is affected by visceral autonomic neuropathy, 30 noninsulin-dependent diabetics (10 with autonomic neuropathy, 10 with peripheral and 10 without neuropathy) and 10 control subjects were studied. Subjects were screened by clonidine test and two parasympathetic tests of cardiovascular reflexes to identify the presence of autonomic neuropathy. The peripheral neuropathy was diagnosed by classic neurological examination and EMG. Delayed gastric emptying was assessed by dynamic scintigraphy, using 99mTc labeled ham and eggs. The gastric emptying of solids was markedly delayed in diabetics, particularly in diabetics with poor metabolic control (p < 0.01) and those with autonomic and peripheral diabetic neuropathy (p < 0.05). The results of our study suggest that dynamic scintigraphy may be a more sensitive method than other tests for autonomic dysfunction of the gut in diabetics with the early manifestation of diabetic gastroparesis.
authors.affiliation: Klinicko bolnicki centar Dr Dragisa Misović Beograd Institut za nuklearnu medicinu Medicinskog fakulteta.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kostić
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Obradović
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kostić
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sécen
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Maśala
mesh_terms: D001342:Autonomic Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003929:Diabetic Neuropathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005746:Gastric Emptying; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013270:Stomach / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
vernacular_title: Dinamska scintigrafija praznjenja zeluca u insulinnezavisnih osoba s dijabetesom koje imaju autonomnu neuropatiju.