[Continuous glucose monitoring, a guide to reading the results and patient education].

Conventional self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) presents a certain number of limits. In particular, it cannot provide information on events occurring some time before the self-monitoring. Various systems for the continuous monitoring of glucose levels have therefore been developed for use in outpatient clinics or at home. When being used at home, nursing staff must pay particular attention to the therapeutic education of the patient.