Diabetic ketoacidosis (CAD) remains one of the most serious and frequent complications in people with type 1 diabetes, and to a lesser extent, in some cases of type 2. Its appearance implies severe metabolic alterations, which require rigorous and constant control of blood glucose levels to avoid even more serious consequences.

🔁 Traditionally, treatment requirestime measurementscapillary glucose byDigital punctures, something that is not only uncomfortable for the patient, but also represents an important load for health personnel and, in many cases, implies admission into aIntensive Care Unit (UCI).

📊 However, a new study developed by theMichigan Universityhas revealed that the use ofContinuous glucose monitors (MCG)You can completely change this approach.

➡️ In this research, published in the magazineChest Critical Care, 20 patients with CAD were monitored between March and August 2023, comparing more than 300 glucose readings obtained simultaneously with continuous monitors and digital punctures every hour.

📌Key study results:

  • The MCG demonstrated acomparable clinical precisionto time punctions, even in a context of dehydration such as the one presented by patients with CAD.
  • They allowed onefaster detection of iatrogenic hypoglycemia episodes, a complication that can arise as an effect of treatment during CAD.
  • They represent a viable tool forreduce the number of puncturesAnd, in many cases, they could avoid income at ICU if appropriate protocols are applied.

🧪 Dr. Nate Haas, one of the authors of the study, said that these results mark "the first step to improve clinical results, patient experience and reduce the use of resources in a condition as frequent and expensive as CAD."

🔍What does this mean for us?

For those of us who live with diabetes or accompany someone who has it, these investigations are a ray of hope:

  • Less pain and stressduring hospitalizations.
  • Greater clinical security, by reducing the margin of human error in frequent measurements.
  • Optimization of health resources, which can translate into more agile and less invasive attention.

👥 In addition, this reinforces the argument that health applied to health not only improves the quality of daily life, but can also have a direct impact on critical situations.

In the forum we have spoken a lot about the usefulness of the MCG on a day -to -day basis, but this study goes further: it tells us thatIts use could also be extended to the hospital and emergencies, even in very complex clinical contextsLike the CAD.

What do you think?

Have you ever entered you by CAD?

Do you think that hospitals should incorporate the use of MCG in emergency protocols?

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