VIDEO: CGM use during pregnancy benefits babies
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In this video exclusive, Caroline T. Nguyen, MD, talks with Sarit Polsky, MD, MPH, about how to use continuous glucose monitoring for diabetes management during pregnancy.
Nguyen is assistant professor of clinical medicine, obstetrics and gynecology in the division of endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism at Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California. She is also an Endocrine Today Editorial Board Member. Polsky is associate professor of pediatrics and medicine and director of the pregnancy and women's health clinic at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora.
For women with type 1 diabetes, CGM use during pregnancy, compared with finger-sticks, is associated with more time in target glucose range of 63 mg/dL to 140 mg/dL. Additionally, more time in range is associated with healthier newborns, Polsky said.
Data for use of CGM in gestational diabetes or for type 2 diabetes during pregnancy “are promising but are not quite as clear,” Polsky said.
Polsky offers tips for CGM use before and during pregnancy, including changing target range and confirming with finger-sticks before any treatment.
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Nguyen and Polsky are speaking on this topic and more as part of the USC Jorge H. Mestman Endocrine and Pregnancy Symposium taking place virtually on February 19, 2022.
Register at: keckusc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=5&EID=3712
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