Letter

Continuous subcutaneous glucose monitoring: good enough to use in glucose regulation protocols?

Jack JM Ligtenberg*, Margo E de Plaa and Jan G Zijlstra

Author Affiliations

Dept. of Critical Care, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

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Critical Care 2010, 15:403 doi:10.1186/cc9374


See related research by Bridges et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/5/R176

Published: 28 January 2011

First paragraph (this article has no abstract)

Tight glucose regulation is beneficial in subgroups of intensive care unit (ICU) patients, but may harm other subgroups. This harm may be due to hypoglycemic events. In avoiding hypoglycemia, an accurate bedside glucometry method is essential [1].