Evaluation of the relationship between gastric emptying, metabolic status and diabetic neuropathy

Introduction: The possible correlations between the metabolic status, the gastric emptying and the neuropathy are still not clearly explored by the studies of the past decades. The aims of this study were to perform a continuous glucose monitoring during the determination of gastric emptying and to evaluate the severity of neuropathy in patients (pts) with type-1 diabetes mellitus (DM). Patients and methods: 13 young pts with type-1 DM were included (duration of DM: 15.1±2.9 years; mean±SE). The emptying of the stomach was evaluated by scintigraphy. The subcutaneous glucose levels were determined by a CGMS metho…