REAL-TIME BLOOD GLUCOSE ANALYSIS Most clinicians know that 4 or 6 hour testing does not detect glucose excursions that actually occur after meals, at night or during times when testing is inconvenient. Surgical patients are commonly maintained at hyperglycemic levels to avoid the risks of hypoglycemia. However, wound healing slows down and infection risks increase when glucose levels are out of the normal range.

AROUND THE CLOCK MONITORING Until now, no convenient means has been available to perform around-the-clock profiles to maintain blood glucose control. Tests have shown that one hospital learned when it compared hourly measurements to six hour measurements over a three day period, six hour testing protocol identified only one point where the patient's glucose level was out of normal range throughout his stay. More frequent monitoring revealed that the patient was actually out of control 60% of the time. With around-the-clock glucose values automatically available, therapeutic intervention can occur more timely and effectively. Diabetic patients are in the hospital 2.8 days longer (1) than their non-diabetic counterparts, and there is growing opinion that by maintaining near-normal glucose control, length of stay can be reduced.(2)

(1) "Cost of Diabetes in the U.S." 1992. American Diabetes Association
(2) "Clinical use of a near continuous blood glucose monitoring system..." Steven Edelman M.D. presented at the American Diabetes Association Annual Conference 1997.

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