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Published October 2020 | public
Journal Article

Feasibility of Inpatient Continuous Glucose Monitoring During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Early Experience

Abstract

Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems have been explored in a few studies for non–intensive care unit (ICU) patients (1–3). During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) became a concern. On 1 April 2020, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced it would not object to the use of CGM systems to assist with COVID-19 patient monitoring (4). This study was conducted to explore the feasibility of using CGM in noncritically ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

Additional Information

© 2020 by the American Diabetes Association. Received 18 June 2020 and accepted 23 June 2020. This article is part of a special article collection available at https://care.diabetesjournals.org/collection/diabetes-and-COVID19. The authors thank the nursing staff of 7East, University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System, and the endocrinology fellows for their assistance in the study and their dedicated care for the COVID-19–positive patients. They acknowledge Rebecca S. Monson and Kirstie K. Danielson (University of Illinois at Chicago) for their assistance in the study. This study was supported by the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago. Dexcom provided equipment support. Dexcom had no role in the study design, data collection, or analysis. No potential conflicts of interest relevant to this article were reported. Author Contributions: S.R. designed the study, researched and analyzed the data, and wrote and edited the manuscript. M.G., H.S., C.P., J.F., R.N.C., S.H., S.F., A.O., P.S., A.J., S.E.M., and M.B. researched data and reviewed and edited the manuscript. S.P. analyzed the data and contributed to the discussion. R.M.S., Y.E., and B.T.L. designed the study, contributed to the discussion, and reviewed and edited the manuscript. S.R. is the guarantor of this work and, as such, had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.

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