A perspective of sensor-augmented insulin pump therapy in the treatment of type 1 diabetes
The holy grail for the treatment of type 1 diabetes is stem cell therapy (1,2) or the closed-loop artificial pancreas (3,4). Whereas several groups are currently developing these treatment modalities, they are not there yet. The first step in the process has been met with the low-glucose suspend pum...
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Published in | Endocrine practice Vol. 21; no. 1; pp. 91 - 92 |
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Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
Elsevier Limited
01.01.2015
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Summary: | The holy grail for the treatment of type 1 diabetes is stem cell therapy (1,2) or the closed-loop artificial pancreas (3,4). Whereas several groups are currently developing these treatment modalities, they are not there yet. The first step in the process has been met with the low-glucose suspend pump, which stops insulin delivery for up to 2 hours when the interstitial glucose concentration reaches 70 mg/dL. The Diabetes Control and Complications Trial first showed a clear relationship between diabetic microvascular complications and glycemic control. Others have posited data supporting a relationship between macrovascular disease and glycemic control. In addition to achieving an optimum glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level of <6.5% (AACE), or <7.0% (ADA, EASD), one should not forget the role of glycemic variability. Not only does a minimal degree of glycemic variability improve the patient's quality of life, but increased glycemic variability correlates with the urinary excretion of 8-iso prostaglandin F2α, increased oxidative stress, and a presumed increase in the rate of diabetic complication. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-3 content type line 23 ObjectType-Commentary-1 |
ISSN: | 1530-891X 1934-2403 |
DOI: | 10.4158/EP14443.CO |