How to assess and compare the accuracy of continuous glucose monitors?

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 57-68

  Wentholt, I M E ^a   Hart, A A M ^a   Hoekstra, J B L ^a   Devries, J H ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; MEASUREMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SENSOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TECHNIQUE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 38949140865     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2007.0216     Document Type: Review

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