Drug Topics May 20, 2024
Researchers analyzed the efficacy of continuous glucose monitoring as the standard of care for diabetes management in an inpatient setting.
Overtaking the use of capillary glucose testing in a hospital setting, researchers suggest continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) be the standard of care for inpatient diabetes management. While they identified a need for more research on CGM use for hospitalized patients, researchers confirmed its increasing efficacy within an inpatient setting and its revolutionary history as the premier tool for diabetes management.
“In the 1990s, most patients with diabetes admitted to the hospital received no changes in their treatment or glucose monitoring during their hospital stay. Management of dysglycemia relied solely on the widespread use of insulin sliding scales, a reactive approach...
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