Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose in Type 2 Diabetes
Steps toward consensus
- The International SMBG Working Group
- Address correspondence to W.A. Davis, PhD, School of Medicine and Pharmacology, Fremantle Hospital, P.O. Box 480, Fremantle, Westeran Australia 6959, Australia. E-mail: wdavis{at}cyllene.uwa.edu.au
Those involved in type 2 diabetes care must be puzzled by the lack of consensus on self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) (1,2,3), especially in non–insulin-treated patients. This is reflected by wide between-country variation in reimbursement for glucose meters and strips. Balanced evaluation of available data is required; however, further trials are needed to provide robust evidence as to how and in which groups SMBG use is justified. Accordingly, diabetologists and epidemiologists involved in recent …
