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Monitoring the diabetic dog
Author(s) -
Petrie Grant
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
in practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.211
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 2042-7689
pISSN - 0263-841X
DOI - 10.1136/inpract.26.8.411
Subject(s) - medicine , continuous glucose monitoring , intensive care medicine , diabetes mellitus , disease , disease monitoring , signs and symptoms , monitoring and control , diabetes management , control (management) , surgery , pathology , computer science , endocrinology , type 2 diabetes , type 1 diabetes , engineering , control engineering , artificial intelligence
A GOOD understanding of the clinical signs, goals of therapy and available monitoring techniques is important for the successful management of dogs with diabetes mellitus. The best monitoring 'tool' is the dog's owner ‐ despite the array of tests available to monitor diabetics, the absence of the cardinal clinical signs of disease probably remains the most reliable indicator of good diabetic control. This article discusses the techniques that may be used, both at home and in the clinic, for monitoring diabetics, emphasising the benefit of serial glucose measurements and the 'glucose curve'. An accompanying article, on pages 421 to 430 of this issue, looks at how monitoring tests can influence management changes to restore good glycaemic control and resolve clinical signs in problem cases.