Endocrine Abstracts

More and more devices are becoming available for people with diabetes. Should you advise your patients to use a pedometer? How can insulin pumps be of help? An insulin pump is the best way to accommodate the changing insulin needs over the 24 hours of the day and gives one the opportunity to temporarily stop insulin administration in case of unanticipated exercise, which is impossible when using injection therapy. Trials have mainly been done in Type 1 diabetes, but a recent trial also shows beneficial effects in a selected group of people with Type 2 diabetes. The evidence for Continuous Glucose Monitors Continuous has recently been brought to higher level, both for insulin pump and injection therapy users. Both a lower HbA1c and less severe hypoglycemia have now convincingly been shown in people with Type 1 diabetes. The role of continuous glucose monitoring in diabetic pregnancy on the other hand is unclear. The newest kid on the block is Flash Glucose Monitoring, for which the evidence is mixed and scarce, but it does herald the end of finger pricks. And how are we going to implement the holy grail of diabetes technology, the artificial pancreas or closed loop? A first generation closed loop is now on the market in the US, EU to follow early 2018. What can it do and what not? Together we will cover a number of the above questions in an interactive way.