Scale for scoring the severity of functional impairment of the cardiovascular system in patients with diabetes mellitus

Background: To date, the development of new scales that, based on routine laboratory and instrumental examinations, would allow an integral assessment of the severity of cardiovascular system damage in patients with diabetes mellitus is relevant. The development of such scales can help to objectively rank patients according to the severity of damage to the cardiovascular system in clinical and scientific research aimed at creating new instrumental methods for assessing hemodynamic disorders. Aim: development of a scale for scoring the severity of damage to the cardiovascular system in patients with diabetes. Materials and methods. To apply the developed scale, 18 diabetic patients were included in the study, divided into two contrast groups: group 1 - patients without vascular complications of diabetes mellitus (n = 9), group 2 - patients with diabetic foot syndrome of DM (n = 9). All subjects underwent laboratory and instrumental examinations to diagnose diabetes complications. Results. The scale for scoring the severity of functional impairment of the cardiovascular system in patients with diabetes mellitus was developed. The scale is including 5 categories: lower extremity arterial disease; cardiac and cerebrovascular disease; diabetic nephropathy; diabetic retinopathy; and diabetic neuropathy. Approbation of the scale showed that median scores in group 1 were significantly higher than in group 2 (2.5 [2; 3] points vs. 10.5 [8; 12] points, p function show_eabstract() { $('#eabstract1').hide(); $('#eabstract2').show(); $('#eabstract_expand').hide(); }