Original Research Article
Year: 2020 | Month: September | Volume: 7 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 235-241
Prevalence of Peripheral Artery Disease in Uncontrolled Diabetic Patients by Using Ankle Brachial Pressure Index as a Routine Procedure
Surendra Prasad Singh
Associate Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Patna Medical College & Hospital, Patna, Bihar, India
ABSTRACT
Aim: Patients with peripheral artery disease (PAD) have an increased risk of MI, stroke and death. The main aim of this study is to evaluate prevalence of peripheral artery disease in uncontrolled diabetic patients by using ankle brachial pressure index as a routine procedure
Material and Methods: 1800 uncontrolled diabetic patients was evaluated through a routine procedure by using ankle brachial pressure index. Handheld Doppler machine was used to measured ankle brachial pressure index. All anthropometric measurements and demographic details were noted in a predesigned proforma. To evaluate the status of diabetes participant’s blood sugar level and lipid profile were also recorded.
Result: Among 1800 patients who were screened by using ankle brachial pressure index as a routine procedure, 1268 patients were diagnosed with mild to moderate PAD. This once again confirms that among uncontrolled DM patients prevalence of PAD is very high and in our study it was as high as 70.4%. ABPI was significantly different between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Blood glucose parameters are more uncontrolled in PAD group as compare to Non PAD group.
Conclusion: ABPI can be used to screen the PAD in diabetic patients as prevalence of PAD in uncontrolled diabetes patients were very high.
Keywords: Uncontrolled Diabetes Mellitus, Pad, ABPI, Prevalence
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