Continuous glucose monitoring in newborn infants: How do errors in calibration measurements affect detected hypoglycemia?

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University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering
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2013
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Thomas, F.
Signal, M.K.
Harris, D.L.
Weston, P.J.
Harding, J.E.
Shaw, Geoff
Chase, Geoff
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Neonatal hypoglycemia is common and can cause serious brain injury. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) could improve hypoglycemia detection, while reducing the number of blood glucose (BG) measurements. Calibration algorithms use BG measurements to convert sensor signals into CGM data. Thus, inaccuracies in calibration BG measurements directly affect CGM values and any metrics calculated from them. This research aimed to quantify the effect of timing delays and calibration BG measurement errors on hypoglycemia metrics in newborn infants.

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Thomas, F., Signal, M.K., Harris, D.L., Weston, P.J., Harding, J.E., Shaw, G.M., Chase, J.G. (2013) Continuous glucose monitoring in newborn infants: How do errors in calibration measurements affect detected hypoglycemia?. San Francisco, CA, USA: 13th Annual Diabetes Technology Meeting, 31 Oct-2 Nov 2013. 1pp.
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Fields of Research::32 - Biomedical and clinical sciences::3202 - Clinical sciences::320208 - Endocrinology
Field of Research::11 - Medical and Health Sciences::1114 - Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine::111402 - Obstetrics and Gynaecology
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