Drug Topics January 15, 2024
Patients using a predictive alarm saw a reduction of more than 40% in time spent below range in hypoglycemia and more than 60% in time spent in severe hypoglycemia.
The use of real-time continuous glucose monitoring (RT-CGM) with a predictive alarm for hypoglycemia significantly reduced the risk of hypoglycemic events among adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study published in Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism.1
RT-CGM devices have become a widely used tool for the management of diabetes in recent years, especially in children and young people with T1D, the authors noted. They have become the standard in glycometabolic control, including among those managing diabetes with multiple daily insulin injections (MDI), and they allow for the analysis of...