The Performance of Freestyle Libre Pro Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients Treated with an Intravenous Insulin Infusion for Acute Prednisolone-Induced Hyperglycemia
Main finding · Paired glucose differenceResult — go to the resultMean difference 1.5 mmol/LStudy context
- Population
- Hospitalized adults with prednisolone-associated hyperglycemia on IV insulin infusion adjusted hourly using flash glucose monitoring
- Exposure
- Flash glucose monitoring vs point of care (POC) glucose
- Outcome
- Difference in paired POC and flash glucose measurements and risk of severe hyper- or hypoglycemia (Clarke error grid analysis)
Main finding
Paired glucose difference
Mean difference
1.5 mmol/L
P < 0.001
By group
POC
9.1
mean · ± 4.1 · mmol/L
As reported in the abstract
- Glucose measurements within Zone A and B on error grid analysis
- 97.8%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
The Performance of Freestyle Libre Pro Flash Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Hospitalized Patients Treated with an Intravenous Insulin Infusion for Acute Prednisolone-Induced Hyperglycemia. Diabetes Technol Ther. Published 5 December 2023. doi:10.
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