DefyDiabetes – Volume 23 | Nov 2024

Journal Articles

Cardiovascular Risk Prediction in Type 2 Diabetes: A Comparison of 22 Risk Scores in Primary Care Settings

CVD treatment initiation and intensification in clinical practice are guided by risk prediction algorithms. The UK National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines pragmatically recommend the use of the QRISK2 risk prediction tool in people with and without diabetes.

Continuous Glucose Monitoring and Hypoglycaemia Events: Unmet Needs

The authors concluded that CGM intervention, compared with self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG), did not significantly reduce the number of severe hypoglycaemia events [1]. Since this finding further conflicts existing evidence [2], as the authors already mentioned, it is worth having a closer look.