hrp0095p1-453 | Diabetes and Insulin | ESPE2022

Usability of CGM for hyperglycemia detection during systemic glucoriticoid treatment.

Lukka Mari , Tillmann Vallo , Peet Aleksandr

Glucocorticoids are widely used to treat autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The side-effects of glucocorticoids are well known, but not routinely monitored in the pediatric population. Recommendations regarding the timing of blood glucose screening are lacking and understanding about the correlation between different glucocorticoid treatment regimens and glucose variability is insufficient. Our objective was to test the usability of continuous glucose monitooring (CGM) to d...