Use of Real-Time Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology in Children and Adolescents
- Jen M. Block, RN, CDE and
- Bruce Buckingham, MD
Abstract
In Brief
This article combines research findings and clinical experience that are unique to the use of continuous glucose monitoring in children and adolescents. It stresses the importance of realistic expectations, describes consideratons related to wearability, and reviews the potential benefit of glucose alarm features for pediatric patients.
Footnotes
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Jen M. Block, RN, CDE, is a diabetes educator, and Bruce Buckingham, MD, is a professor at the Stanford University Department of Pediatric Endocrinology in Stanford, Calif.
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Notes of disclosure: Ms. Block has served as a consultant to and is a former employer of and stock shareholder in Abbott Diabetes Care. She is also a stock shareholder in C8 Medisensors. These companies manufacture or are developing glucose monitoring devices. Dr. Buckingham serves on a medical advisory board and a speaker's bureau for and has received research support from Medtronic MiniMed. He is also on medical advisory boards for Lifescan, Glysens, and Arkal Medical and has received research support from Abbott Diabetes Care. All of these companies either manufacture or are developing glucose monitoring devices or products that employ glucose sensing technology.
- American Diabetes Association
