Autonomic neuropathy in Iraqi diabetics

Tests for autonomic nervous functions based on cardiovascular reflexes were performed on 67 diabetic patients with a mean age of 53.39 year. The mean duration of diabetes is 8.26 year. The patients were categorized into 4 groups; normal [35.28%], early [borderline] parasympathetic damage [5.97%] definite [late] parasympathetic damage [35.82%] and combined sympathetic and parasympathetic damage [22.39%]. 64.18% of the patients have autonomic neuropathy and as these abnormalities can be easily diagnosed with an ordinary electrocardiography, we recommend that they be looked for in all diabetics

Salmonella hepatitis and concomitant myocarditis

A female nurse with bacteriological and serological proven typhoid fever developed jaundice and laboratory evidence of hepatitis with electrocardiographic finding of myocarditis. Liver function tests and ECG changes returned to normal after treatment with chlormphenicol. Clinical aspects are discussed with review of literatures