Evidence · Research paper
Targeting glucose control in preterm infants: pilot studies of continuous glucose monitoring.
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This paper is from 2019, more than five years ago. Newer evidence may have been published since.
Summary
Single-centre pilot studies in very preterm infants during the first week of life assessing the accuracy, feasibility and safety of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). One study compared CGM with point-of-care blood glucose; a second compared real-time CGM plus a paper guideline with standard care using masked CGM. CGM showed good accuracy, more time in the target glucose range, less hyperglycaemia and detection of unsuspected hypoglycaemia, with good staff acceptability. The authors conclude it warrants testing in a randomised controlled trial.
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