Use of Flash Glucose Monitoring technology in type 2 diabetic patients in basal-bolus insulin therapy improves metabolic control and generates saving health costs: fake or reality.

Abstract

Since few years Glucose monitoring, which contributes to good metabolic control, has available a new tool, sensors, which automatically and continuously measure interstitial glucose levels in two modes: continuous (Continuous Glucose Monitoring) and flash (Flash Glucose Monitoring). Flash Glucose Monitoring has been shown to be efficient and improve the quality of life in type 1 diabetic patients; and also for type 2 diabetic patients there are a growing number of studies, which have evaluated efficacy, the frequency of hypoglycemia and glycemic variability in these patients. The purpose of this review is to take stock of use of Flash Glucose Monitoring in type 2 diabetic patients by examining international studies and Italian experiences, also reporting data on the costs and savings generated by use of this new technology. KEY WORDS Flash Glucose Monitoring; type 2 diabetes; basal-bolus insulin therapy; elderly with type 2 diabetes; diabetes costs.