Home Monitoring of Glucose

ome monitoring of blood glu-cose and blood pressure lev-els can provide the patient and physician with valuable infor-mation for disease management. Because a variety of home monitoring devices are avail-able, appropriate selection and use can be a daunting task. This article reviews devices for home monitoring of glucose and blood pres-sure and discusses their clinical utility. Glucose Monitoring Although there is no universal standard for accuracy of glucose meters, several groups have defined acceptable ranges.1-4 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires glu