Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Portable blood glucose meters as a means of monitoring blood glucose concentrations in dogs and cats with diabetes mellitus.
- Journal:
- Clinical techniques in small animal practice
- Year:
- 2002
- Authors:
- Stein, John E & Greco, Deborah S
- Affiliation:
- Veterinary Teaching Hospital · United States
Plain-English summary
Portable blood glucose meters (PBGM) are becoming a popular tool in veterinary care for quickly checking blood sugar levels in dogs and cats with diabetes and other conditions. These small devices only need a tiny drop of blood, making it easy for vets to make fast decisions about treatment. They are especially useful for tracking how well insulin therapy is working by measuring blood sugar levels over time. Overall, PBGM provide important information that helps veterinarians manage diabetes in pets effectively.
Abstract
The use of portable blood glucose meters (PBGM) has become common in veterinary medicine as a rapid means of monitoring animals' blood glucose in a variety of medical conditions. These hand-held monitors allow for diagnostic and therapeutic decisions to be made quickly and relatively inexpensively using only a small amount of blood. Both in conditions resulting in hyperglycemia, such as diabetes mellitus, and in those resulting in hypoglycemia, such as sepsis or the presence of an insulinoma, veterinarians have come to rely on PBGM to provide critical information on the status of their animal patients. In particular, PBGM are frequently used to measure individual blood glucose values in an animal over a period to create a blood glucose curve when evaluating the effectiveness of insulin therapy in diabetic dogs and cats.
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