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ArticleClinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association2021

Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring: A Summary Review of Recent Real-World Evidence.

Clifford J Bailey, James R Gavin

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Article in Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Clin-STAR Corner: Practice Changing Advances in Diabetes Care.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2025
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  5. Roadmap to the Effective Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Primary Care.Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2023
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  8. Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Optimizing Diabetes Care: Executive Summary.Clinical diabetes : a publication of the American Diabetes Association · 2022
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  9. Cost-Effectiveness of the FreeStyle LibreDiabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders · 2021
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2 authors.

Clifford J BaileyLife and Health Sciences, Aston University, Birmingham, U.K.ORCID 0000-0002-6998-6811
James R GavinEmory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Optimizing glycemic control remains a shared challenge for clinicians and their patients with diabetes. Flash continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) provides immediate information about an individual's current and projected glucose level, allowing users to respond promptly to mitigate or prevent pending hypoglycemia or hyperglycemia. Large randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have demonstrated the glycemic benefits of flash CGM use in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. However, whereas RCTs are mostly focused on the efficacy of this technology in defined circumstances, real-world studies can assess its effectiveness in wider clinical settings. This review assesses the most recent real-world studies demonstrating the effectiveness of flash CGM use to improve clinical outcomes and health care resource utilization in populations with diabetes.

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PMID33551555
PMCPMC7839606

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