Date & Time: Thursday, February 7, 2008. 12pm-1:30pm Mountain Time.
Faculty:
Suzanne Y. Pecoraro, RD, MPH, CDE. President of the Diabetes Education Society. Educator for Boulder Endocrinology. Past board member of American Association of Diabetes Educators. Past President of Rocky Mountain Association of Diabetes Educators.
Anne Ruelle, RN, CDE. Speaker for Eli Lilly’s DIN program and Abbott Diabetes. Consultant to TOPS-international weight loss program. Previously, Director of Diabetes and Lipid Management at Advanced Health Care-a merged group of 17 outpatient clincs, Milwaukee,Wisconsin.
Summary:
This program examines glucose monitoring benefits and limitations. New technology, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) is discussed with emphasis placed on understanding interstitial fluid measurement. Importance of lag time, glucose differences, accuracy and calibration are presented. Case studies using CGM are presented.
Objectives:
At the end of the presentation participants will be able to:
- Define goal of blood glucose monitoring.
- Compare and contrast benefits and limitations of point in time self-blood glucose monitoring.
- Discuss the importance of Interstitial Fluid (ISF) lag.
- Define accuracy as it relates to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems.
- Demonstrate the clinical application of CGM features including alert and alarms, trending arrows and line graphs.
- List 3 important factors when identifying patients who will benefit from CGM technology.
- Review cases utilizing
CGM technology and make clinical judgments for changes in
diabetes management, which may include new diabetes therapies.
Outline:
| Definition of self-blood glucose monitoring (SBGM) | |||
| Glucose testing methods | |||
| Finger stick – point in time measurement | |||
| Continuous – shows trends, movement of blood glucose | |||
| Real time glucose measurement | |||
| Description of technology | |||
| Analyze trends and predict future glucose events | |||
| CGM is not a replacement for glucose monitoring | |||
| How to use this technology and understand the ups and downs | |||
| Interstitial fluid (ISF) measurement issues | |||
| Glucose in ISF is 15 to 20 percent different than glucose in blood | |||
| ISF lag: the delay between blood glucose and ISF glucose level readings | |||
| Accuracy issues | |||
| Calibration issues | |||
| Factors to consider for patient selection | |||
| Adjust thinking about how to use the values | |||
| Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) features | |||
| Alerts and alarms | |||
| Potential patients who will benefit from new therapies | |||
| Trending arrows | |||
| Line graphs | |||
| Case Studies – 3 cases reviewed using CGM to help manage therapy | |||
| Improve clinical care | |||
| Medication adjustment changes prior to events | |||
| How to recognize trends and patterns in various situations | |||
Price:
You have two ways to participate.
| 1. | As an individual for the price of $30 per webinar. |
| 2. | As a site for the price of $ 125 per webinar. A site is defined as one computer connection and one telephone connection. The number of professionals awarded continuing education per site is unlimited. Sites and individuals that reserve all four (4) webinars receive a 10% discount for the series |
Refunds:
A refund will be granted, minus a $25 processing fee, if request is received in writing via fax (303/320-1550) at least 48 hours prior to the program.
System Requirements:
- Operating System: Windows 98 to present, Macintosh OSX, Linux.
- Browser: Java-enabled Internet Explorer (IE) 5.1+, Firefox 1.0+, Opera 7.52+, Mozilla 1.71+, and Netscape 7.2+. Please disable any software that prevents pop-up windows from occurring during the conference.
- Hardware: Minimum of 28.8Kbps Internet access.
- Screen resolution: 1024x768 or higher resolution preferred; 800x600 minimum.
- Additional: If listening over the web, you will need either speakers or headphones; a cable modem, DSL, ISDN, or equivalent broadband needed to receive audio/video streaming (128K minimum); Macromedia Flash 6.0+ or Windows Media Player (WMP) 6.4+; Java 1.5.0+ version.
Registration:
- Register Form Online and submit
- Mail: download the registration form and mail
- Fax: download the registration form and fax (303/320-1550)
- Phone: call 800/659-5808