[How I explore...glycemic kinetics by continuous glucose monitoring]

Abstract

The improvement of diabetic patients' glycaemic status requires an increase of fingerstick blood glucose measurements. Among the possibilities available to assess diabetes' control, we will consider new systems of continuous interstitial glucose monitoring. After a brief description of the devices presently commercialized, we will discuss their indications and their limitations, as well as their future prospects in a possible "closed loop" insulin delivery according to blood glucose level.