TY - JOUR
T1 - Case study
T2 - Using A continuous glucose monitoring system in A patient with diabetes and beta-thalassemia hemoglobinopathy
AU - Al-Futaisi, Abdulla
AU - Wali, Yasser
AU - El-Beshlawi, Ismail
AU - Al-Riyami, Shaden
AU - Almahrezi, Abdulaziz
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Optimum glycemic control is extremely important in patients with diabetes mellitus to avoid long-term complications. Glycemic control relies mainly on the use of hemoglobin A1c, which unfortunately showed inaccurate results in patients with hemoglinopathies. The authors describe a case of β-thalassemia with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus that has misleading low levels of HbA1c. The use of a continuous glucose monitoring system was useful in documenting her poor glycemic control, with prolonged periods of hyper- and hypoglycemia. Based on these results, her insulin regimen was adjusted and the blood glucose levels were greatly improved throughout and the patient was able to meet her target blood glucose range (72-140 mg/dL 4-7.8 mmol/L) in 70% of the time.
AB - Optimum glycemic control is extremely important in patients with diabetes mellitus to avoid long-term complications. Glycemic control relies mainly on the use of hemoglobin A1c, which unfortunately showed inaccurate results in patients with hemoglinopathies. The authors describe a case of β-thalassemia with poorly controlled diabetes mellitus that has misleading low levels of HbA1c. The use of a continuous glucose monitoring system was useful in documenting her poor glycemic control, with prolonged periods of hyper- and hypoglycemia. Based on these results, her insulin regimen was adjusted and the blood glucose levels were greatly improved throughout and the patient was able to meet her target blood glucose range (72-140 mg/dL 4-7.8 mmol/L) in 70% of the time.
KW - CGMS
KW - Diabetes
KW - Thalassemia
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U2 - 10.1080/08880010902975892
DO - 10.1080/08880010902975892
M3 - Article
C2 - 19863207
AN - SCOPUS:70350072832
SN - 0888-0018
VL - 26
SP - 515
EP - 519
JO - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
JF - Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
IS - 7
ER -