Continuous Glucose Monitoring—What’s All the Hype? - Frankly Speaking Ep 236

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™

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Overview: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) for patients with diabetes has been available for several years now, but its utility in managing diabetes care is unclear. Join us to discuss the results of a systematic review examining the benefits of CGM for patients with both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Episode resource links:

• Effects of continuous glucose monitoring on metrics of glycemic control in diabetes: a systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Diabetes Care. 2020;43(5):1146-1156.

• Implementing Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Clinical Practice. www.aafp.org/fpm March/April 2021

• Longo R, Sperling S. Personal versus professional continuous glucose monitoring: when to use which on whom. Diabetes Spectr. 2019;32(3):183-193.

Guest: Robert A. Baldor MD, FAAFP

Music Credit: Richard Onorato