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Glucose Monitoring

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While hemoglobin A1c remains a standard way to characterize glycemia, glucose monitoring has advanced from periodic urine monitoring to intermittent blood glucose monitoring and now continuous blood glucose monitoring (CGM). CGM is a vital part of automated insulin delivery.

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Tamborlane, W.V., Steffen, A., Van Name, M. (2021). Glucose Monitoring. In: Tamborlane, W.V. (eds) Diabetes in Children and Adolescents. Contemporary Endocrinology. Humana, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64133-7_7

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