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Simple Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Freely Moving Mice
Published on: February 24, 2023
Continuous glucose monitoring: current use and future directions
Daniel DeSalvo1, Bruce Buckingham
1Department of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Stanford Medical Center, G-313, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA.
Abstract:
Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is an emerging technology that provides a continuous measure of interstitial glucose levels. In addition to providing a more complete pattern of glucose excursions, CGMs utilize real-time alarms for thresholds and predictions of hypo- and hyperglycemia, as well as rate of change alarms for rapid glycemic excursions. CGM users have been able to improve glycemic control without increasing their risk of hypoglycemia. Sensor accuracy, reliability, and wearability are important challenges to CGM success and are critical to the development of an artificial pancreas (or closed-loop system).
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