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Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Continuous glucose-error grid analysis is not as effective as conventional glucose sensors
October 13th, 2006
Continuous glucose-error grid analysis is not as effective as conventional glucose sensors. "There is no consensus on how to optimally assess the accuracy of continuous glucose sensors. We examined the continuous glucose-error grid analysis (CG-EGA) and compared it with classical accuracy assessment methods, using data from a previously reported study comparing two different continuous glucose sensors in type 1 diabetic patients," scientists in Netherlands report. I.M. Wentholt and colleagues working with the Academy Medical Center in Amsterdam explained, "Drift, delay, mean absolute difference (MAD), sensitivity, and specificity for detecting hypo-...
Source: Medicine & Law Weekly (2006-10-13)
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