Benefit of Digital Tools Used for Integrated Personalized Diabetes Management: Results From the PDM-ProValue Study Program.

Background: Integrated personalized diabetes management (iPDM) is a digitally supported therapeutic concept to improve patient-physician interaction to overcome the aspects of clinical inertia. Integrated personalized diabetes management can support decision making and improve therapeutic outcomes of suboptimally controlled persons with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes (T2D). In this paper, we report the results of an analysis of the PDM-ProValue study program on the effectiveness and perceived benefit of this approach, with a focus on how physicians used and assessed the digital tools provided for the iPDM process.

Integrated personalized diabetes management improves glycemic control in patients with insulin-treated type 2 diabetes: Results of the PDM-ProValue study program.

Aims: Globally, many patients with insulin-treated type-2 diabetes are suboptimally controlled. The PDM-ProValue study program evaluated whether integrated personalized diabetes management (iPDM) has the potential to improve clinical outcomes.

Methods: 101 practices with 907 patients participated in the 12-month, prospective, controlled, cluster-randomized study program.

Novel App- and Web-Supported Diabetes Prevention Program to Promote Weight Reduction, Physical Activity, and a Healthier Lifestyle: Observation of the Clinical Application.

Background: The increasing incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus presents as a tsunami of health problems and health care costs. Preventing this development needs to target the underlying rise in metabolic syndrome cases through obesity and unhealthy lifestyle. Obesity is frequently perceived as a social issue with implicit psychological strain; health apps/weight-reduction programs are mushrooming from this side.

Integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (PDM): Design of the ProValue Studies: Prospective, Cluster-Randomized, Controlled, Intervention Trials for Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Benefit of PDM in Patients With Insulin-Treated Type 2 Diabetes.

Background: Collaborative use of structured self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) data and data management software, utilized within a 6-step cycle enables integrated Personalized Diabetes Management (PDM). The 2 PDM-ProValue studies shall assess the effectiveness of this approach in improving patient outcomes and practice efficiencies in outpatient settings.

Methods: The PDM-ProValue studies are 12-month, prospective, cluster-randomized, multicenter, trials to determine if use of integrated PDM in daily life improves glycemic control in insulin-treated type 2 diabetes patients.

Improving the Quality of Outpatient Diabetes Care Using an Information Management System: Results From the Observational VISION Study.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the effects of information management system (IMS) use with individuals with type 1 and type 2 diabetes who were treated in outpatient settings.

Methods: In this 7-month, prospective, observational study, 965 adults with diabetes, mean (SD) baseline HbA1c 8.61(1.

Use of an integrated strip-free blood glucose monitoring system increases frequency of self-monitoring and improves glycemic control: Results from the ExAct study.

Aims: We investigated the impact of using an integrated, strip-free system compared to the use of single-strip systems on testing frequency and glycemic control in individuals with insulin-treated diabetes.

Methods: This multinational, comparative, cluster-randomized, observational study included 311 patients with type 1 and insulin-treated type 2 diabetes who were performing SMBG at suboptimal frequencies. Sites were cluster-randomized to "integrated strip-free" system (EXP group) or any "single-strip" system (CNL group).

Clinical evaluation of the use of a multifunctional remotely controlled insulin pump: multicenter observational study.

Current insulin pumps now feature advanced functions for calculating insulin dosages, delivering insulin and analyzing data, however, the perceived usefulness of these functions in clinical settings has not been well studied. We assessed the use and patient perceptions of an insulin delivery system (Accu-Chek® Combo, Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany) that combines an insulin pump and a handheld multifunctional blood glucose meter with integrated remote control functions. This prospective, observational, multicenter study enrolled 74 type 1 diabetes patients within 13 weeks after starting use of the pump system.

A novel noninvasive ultrasonic cardiac output monitor: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance.

Background: USCOM, a novel continuous wave Doppler (CWD) device, has been introduced for noninvasive determination of cardiac output (CO). The present study aimed to compare the accuracy and reproducibility of the new device, using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) as the noninvasive gold standard.

Methods And Results: The CO of 56 consecutive patients was prospectively determined by CWD either before or after CMR imaging.

Noninvasive determination of cardiac output by the inert-gas-rebreathing method--comparison with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

Background: An easy, noninvasive and accurate technique for measuring cardiac output (CO) would be desirable for the diagnosis and therapy of cardiac diseases. Innocor, a novel inert-gas-rebreathing (IGR) system, has shown promising results in smaller studies. An extensive evaluation in a larger, less homogeneous patient collective is lacking.

Modification of the Harris-Benedict equation to predict the energy requirements of critically ill patients during mild therapeutic hypothermia.

Unlabelled: The aim of the present study was the comparison of calculated and measured values of the energy expenditure of critically ill patients during the different phases of therapeutic mild hypothermia.

Patients And Methods: Five patients (mean age 40.6 years, range 23 to 68 years, 2 females) suffering from severe acute cerebral injuries who underwent mild hypothermia were prospectively included into the study.