Diabetes Technology Use in Adults with Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes

Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2020 Mar;49(1):37-55. doi: 10.1016/j.ecl.2019.10.006. Epub 2019 Dec 10.

Abstract

In the last 2 decades, diabetes technology has emerged as a branch of diabetes management thanks to the advent of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and increased availability of continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion systems, or insulin pumps. These tools have progressed from rudimentary instruments to sophisticated therapeutic options for advanced diabetes management. This article discusses the available CGM and insulin pump systems and the clinical benefits of their use in adults with type 1 diabetes, intensively insulin-treated type 2 diabetes, and pregnant patients with preexisting diabetes.

Keywords: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM); Continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII); Hybrid closed loop; Patch pump; Sensor-augmented pump (SAP).

Publication types

  • Historical Article
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / history
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / instrumentation
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / methods
  • Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring / trends
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1* / drug therapy
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2* / drug therapy
  • Female
  • History, 20th Century
  • History, 21st Century
  • Humans
  • Insulin / administration & dosage
  • Insulin Infusion Systems / history
  • Insulin Infusion Systems / trends
  • Inventions* / history
  • Inventions* / trends
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / blood
  • Pregnancy in Diabetics / drug therapy

Substances

  • Insulin