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Trending Technology of Glucose Monitoring during COVID‐19 Pandemic: Challenges in Personalized Healthcare
Author(s) -
Phan Le Minh Tu,
Vo Thuy Anh Thu,
Hoang Thi Xoan,
Selvam Sathish Panneer,
Pham Hoang Lan,
Kim Jae Young,
Cho Sungbo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advanced materials technologies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.184
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2365-709X
DOI - 10.1002/admt.202100020
Subject(s) - pandemic , covid-19 , wearable computer , diabetes mellitus , diabetes management , continuous glucose monitoring , medicine , healthcare system , blood glucose monitoring , health care , intensive care medicine , computer science , type 2 diabetes , type 1 diabetes , embedded system , disease , endocrinology , economic growth , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty)
The COVID‐19 pandemic has continued to spread rapidly, and patients with diabetes are at risk of experiencing rapid progression and poor prognosis for appropriate treatment. Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), which includes accurately tracking fluctuations in glucose levels without raising the risk of coronavirus exposure, becomes an important strategy for the self‐management of diabetes during this pandemic, efficiently contributing to the diabetes care and the fight against COVID‐19. Despite being less accurate than direct blood glucose monitoring, wearable noninvasive systems can encourage patient adherence by guaranteeing reliable results through high correlation between blood glucose levels and glucose concentrations in various other biofluids. This review highlights the trending technologies of glucose sensors during the ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic (2019–2020) that have been developed to make a significant contribution to effective management of diabetes and prevention of coronavirus spread, from off‐body systems to wearable on‐body CGM devices, including nanostructure and sensor performance in various biofluids. The advantages and disadvantages of various human biofluids for use in glucose sensors are also discussed. Furthermore, the challenges faced by wearable CGM sensors with respect to personalized healthcare during and after the pandemic are deliberated to emphasize the potential future directions of CGM devices for diabetes management.