title: Consensus guidelines for glycemic monitoring in type 1/type 2 & GDM.
abstract: Stringent monitoring of blood glucose in diabetes plays an important role as the treatment of the disease itself. Blood glucose monitoring (BGM) strategies such as measurement of Hb1Ac, Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG) and Continuous Glucose Monitoring (CGM) plays a vital role in achieving the important goal of preventing long term complications of diabetes. Although the use of BGM is recommended by various international guidelines in T1DM and T2DM, there is no consensus on the utility of BGM in India. So, there is a need to develop a guidance for uniform monitoring mechanism among the care givers taking into account the variations and challenges that are unique to Indian population. A committee was established that comprised of physicians, researchers and other healthcare professionals having expertise in diabetes treatment to oversee the formulation of guidelines on different monitoring and treatment aspects of diabetes. Extensive literature searches were conducted to identify and analyze the evidence available on BGM. An initial draft of BGM guidelines was presented to core members who discussed the subject matter and presented their opinion. This was then taken to wider expert audience to invite their comments that were incorporated in the initial draft. The first compilation was presented at a conference attended by nearly 200 experts. Again, their opinion was sought and the next version was prepared which was sent to core committee members for the final inputs. The Indian consensus guideline on BGM using Hb1Ac, SMBG and CGM as the primary tools was then finalized.
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India. Electronic address: jothydev@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Jothydev
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kesavadev
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Shaukat
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadikot
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Subhash
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wangnoo
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Johnny
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kannampilly
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Banshi
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Saboo
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Aravind
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kalra
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Makkar
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Debashis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Maji
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Mihir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saikia
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Anjana
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Rajesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajput
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Sanjiv
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shah
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Urman
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dhruv
authors.affiliation: DiabetesIndia 2013, India.
authors.forename: Vijay
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vishwanathan
mesh_terms: D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007194:India; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; C517652:hemoglobin A1c protein, human
keywords: Blood glucose monitoring; Continuous monitoring of blood glucose; Evidence based guidelines; Self-monitoring of blood glucose; Type 1 and type 2 diabetes