Important considerations for using continuous glucose monitors
Heather Kvitko-White, DVM, DACVIM, shared her thoughts on using continuous glucose monitors with diabetic patients.
Heather Kvitko-White, DVM, DACVIM shared some important considerations regarding continuous glucose monitors in an interview with dvm360®. She briefly explained the reasoning behind why these devices may present some questions about reliability.
A partial transcript of the interview is below. View the video for more of the discussion.
Heather Kvitko-White, DVM, DACVIM: "It has to do with our physiology being different than the dog and cat physiology. And has to do with the fact that their blood and their plasma and their glucose don't do the same things that ours does. And so as a consequence of that, we just end up with more problems."
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