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Use of Continuous Glucose Monitoring for evaluation of hypoglycemia pre- and post-operatively for patients undergoing Total Pancreatectomy with Autologous Islet Cell Transplant.

Jennifer S VonderauBrittney M WilliamsStephen DeCherneyMorgan S JonesLauren McKnightMarilyn HansonHarlan HansonChirag Sureshchandra Desai
Published in: Clinical transplantation (2021)
Conventional evaluation of TPAIT patients assesses primarily beta cell function. As pancreatogenic diabetes is concerning principally for the risk of hypoglycemia, assessment of alpha cell function can improve the quality of care. CGM better captures islet function and increases the identification of hypoglycemia.
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