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Stroke is an important cause of premature death and disability in low-income and middle-income countries like India. Approximately 1/3 of stroke patients may develop aphasia. By targeting various risk factors, we can reduce the incidence of stroke and also aphasia. To assess various risk factors in patients of FEIS with Aphasia.Objectives: Method: A prospective cross-sectional study in patients of FEIS with aphasia, were evaluated for well-known risk factors followed by stroke and language assessment using National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and Modied Western Aphasia Battery (WAB)9. Majority of the patients were between 66-70yr (48.52%) age group and mean age of study population wasResults: 69.07±6.5 years. Patients with uent and non-uent aphasia had mean age of 65.80 years and 71.09 years respectively. Majority of patients were females (54.41%) and Hypertension (55.88%) was the most prevalent risk factor among study group followed by smoking. Hypertension showed signicant correlation with the severity of stroke (p value=0.02). Early detection andConclusion: prompt management of risk factors can help prevent this disabling events like stroke and aphasia.

Stroke is among the leading causes of disability worldwide and aphasia is one of the common manifestations of stroke. Specic brain areas have been assigned in the literature for various subtypes of aphasia. With the advancement in neuroradiology, it has been observed that lesions at a given cortical or subcortical site may manifest with different aphasia subtypes. Objectives: To assess various aphasia type and probable site of brain lesion by clinical examination and correlating clinical site of lesion with anatomical brain lesion using CT. A prospective cross-sectional study in patients of ≥18 years of age with rst ever acute ischemic (FEIS) stroke andMethod: aphasia were subjected to clinical examination for stroke and aphasia using WAB-Modied and NIHS Score. Statistical analysis was done with χ2 test (p value < 0.05). Out of 68 patients, Global aphasia was the most common aphasia subtype (38.23%) and signicant correlation wasResults: observed in patients with NIHS score ≥15(Severe Stroke) and AQ >15(Severe Aphasia). Global, Wernicke`s, Broca`s, and Anomic aphasics showed signicant correlation between aphasia type and specic lesion on CT scan. A signicant correlation exist between theConclusion: clinical aphasia type and specic brain lesion in CT scan

Introduction: Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy (CAN) being one of serious complications of longstanding diabetes. CAN is an independent risk factor for cardiovascular mortality1. CAN is an impairment of autonomic control of the cardiovascular system. It is often overlooked both in diagnosis and treatment simply because it is mostly asymptomatic and there is no widely accepted single approach to its diagnosis2. To calculate QT interval and its indices (QTc and QTd) in diabetic population and theirObjectives: correlation with CAN. A cross-sectional study was performed on 150 diabetic patients attending OPD and IPD of SRG hospital byMethodology: using random sampling technique and taking informed consent. A brief history and examination performed and CAN was diagnosed using Ewing and Clark tests and a 12 lead ECG was taken. Statistical analysis was done with χ2 test (p value < 0.05). 56% patients were from less thanResults: 46-60 Years, 57% patients BMI was more than 25 kg/mt2, Mean duration of diabetes was 8.35 years. Mean QTc in CAN grade 0 was 390.23±8.24, in grade I was 401.36±10.39 and in grade 2 was 425.94±11.08, QTd in CAN grade 0 was 30.20±14.67, in grade I was 37.87±16.23 and in grade 2 was 55.34±14.32 both progressively increasing with the grade of CAN. Longer duration of diabetes was associated with higherConclusion: grading of CAN, higher grading of CAN was associated with higher value of QTc and QTd.