When someone with diabetes gets ill their condition flares up and gets worse. The illness must be treated, of course, but to avoid poor outcomes the diabetes must be carefully controlled as well.
But that poses a problem during a time of medical crisis – such as the Covid pandemic. When resources are stretched, monitoring a patient’s diabetes is a drain on medics’ time.
To clear this hurdle, digital flash glucose monitoring devices were trialled by University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire.
