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Helps in Your Diabetes Management
The Alarm/Alerts features (see Chapter 11) keep you aware of your glucose levels. Alerts
notify you when your glucose goes outside your target range or is rapidly falling or rising,
letting you to take action before you get too low or too high. The Urgent Low Alarm lets you
know when you are dangerously or urgently low, going below 55 mg/dL. By taking corrective
measures, you lessen the time spent in your low/high range, while increasing time in your
targeted range (Garg S. Z., 2006) (Battelino T, 2011).
Real-time CGM can help improve your A1C as well as improve the quality of your glucose
control. If you are at or below 7%, using a CGM such as Dexcom's G5 Mobile CGM System,
helps reduce hypoglycemia (Tamborlane, W. V.,2008).
Lowering your A1C, increasing your time in your target range while decreasing time in
low/high BG range is believed to reduce your risk of diabetes related complications (Ohkubo,
Y. 1995).
In some cases, patients perceived an increase in their quality of life and peace of mind
when using real-time CGM. (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose
Monitoring Study Group. 2010)
What's Next?
You've read the Safety Statements, reviewed the risks and benefits; now let's take a look at
Dexcom's G5 Mobile CGM System!
References:
Battelino, T., Phillip, M., Bratina, N., Nimri, R., Oskarsson, P., & Bolinder, J. (2011). Effect
of Continuous Glucose Monitoring on Hypoglycemia in Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care,
34(4), 795-800.
The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial Research Group. The Effect of Intensive
Treatment of Diabetes on the Development and Progression of Long-Term Complications in
Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus. The New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 329, No. 14 .
(September 1993), pp. 977-986.
Garg, S., Zisser, H., Schwartz, S., Bailey, T., Kaplan, R., Ellis, S., & Jovanovic, L. (2005).
Improvement in Glycemic Excursions With a Transcutaneous, Real-Time Continuous Glucose
Sensor: A randomized controlled trial. Diabetes Care, 29(1) , 44-50.
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation Continuous Glucose Monitoring Study Group. (2009).
The Effect of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Well-Controlled Type 1 Diabetes, Diabetes
Care, 32 (8), 1378-1383.
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