Abstract
The continuous monitoring of glucose concentration in the interstitial environment is a relatively new method of checking the effect of therapy in patients with diabetes mellitus that offers significantly more data for the adjustment of therapy than common self-monitoring. This kind of instruments can measure the level of glucose concentration in the interstitial environment in a 5 minutes interval.
A mild time-shift of this value compared to the glucose level in the capillary blood during rapid changes of glucose quantity in the body (particularly postprandial or during physical exertion), that can achieve 10-30 minutes, should to be pointed out