Abstract
Monitoring of glucose levels is essential to effective diabetes management. Over the past 100 years, there have been numerous innovations in glucose monitoring methods. The most recent advances have centered on continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technologies. Numerous studies have demonstrated that use of continuous glucose monitoring confers significant glycemic benefits on individuals with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) and type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Ongoing improvements in accuracy and convenience of CGM devices have prompted increasing adoption of this technology. The development of standardized metrics for assessing CGM data has greatly improved and streamlined analysis and interpretation, enabling clinicians and patients to make more informed therapy modifications. However, many clinicians many be unfamiliar with current CGM and how use of these devices may help individuals with T1DM and T2DM achieve their glycemic targets. The purpose of this review is to present an overview of current CGM systems and provide guidance to clinicians for initiating and utilizing CGM in their practice settings.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 108502 |
Journal | Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice |
Volume | 170 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 2020 |
Funding
The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: RJG has received unrestricted research support to Emory for investigator-initiated studies from Novo Nordisk and Dexcom INC, and consulting fees from Abbott Diabetes Care, Sanofi, Novo Nordisk, Eli Lilly, and Valeritas. RJG is partially supported by research grants from NIH/NIDDK P30DK111024 and 1K23DK123384-01. GA has received research support from AstraZeneca, Dexcom, Eli Lilly, Insulet, Novo Nordisk, and is a consultant for Dexcom and Insulet.
Keywords
- AGP
- Ambulatory Glucose Profile
- CGM
- Continuous glucose monitoring
- HbA1c
- Intermittently scanned CGM
- Real-time CGM
- Type 1 diabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- isCGM
- rtCGM
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Endocrinology
- Internal Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism