Russian national guidelines on insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring for diabetes mellitus patients. DRAFT

Abstract

Insulin pump therapy (continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion, CSII) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) are high-tech treatment and diagnostic tools for diabetes patients management which are actively used worldwide. CSII initiation and pump-users supervision became a part of routine clinical practice in Russia along with the CGM. Present project of clinical guidelines is based on international and domestic experience in CSII and CGM for diabetes treatment. Guidelines should ensure uniformity of CGM and CSII usage in Russia by health care professionals and diabetes patients and provide them an international experience to guarantee height performance of the technology. This article contains a preliminary version of the guidelines (draft) prepared for further expert’s discussion and review. The final version of the clinical guidelines will be sent to the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation for approval.