Internal medicine residency Program, Sunrise Health GME Consortium, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Research Article
Retrospective, Longitudinal, One Group Study about the Implementation of Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Improving Quality of Care for Patients with Type I Or II DM in Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Community Clinic
Author(s): Andre Manov*, Elizabeth Benge, Samera Baig and Sukhjinder Chauhan
Diabetes mellitus affects more than 34 million and pre- diabetes mellitus affects 88-million Americans and the prevalence is rising. The disease leads to micro and macro vascular complications if uncontrolled. Diabetes Mellitus is the number one cause of blindness, non-traumatic amputation and ESRD in the USA. In our study, we retrospectively looked at patients in which as a standard of care Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) with Dexcom G6 Device was started in Internal Medicine Residency Continuity Community clinic in Mountain View Hospital, Las Vegas, Nevada in 11-patients with type- I and type- II diabetes mellitus uncontrolled on 3-4 injections of Insulin per day who were self- monitoring their blood glucose 4- times a day (SMBG). The CGM was initiated by internal medicine residents through a remote p.. View More»
DOI:
10.35248/2155-6156.1000956
