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**Amperometric Glucose Sensors** 

**for Whole Blood Measurement** 

Marco Cardosi and Zuifang Liu

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regimen;

**1. Introduction** 

Additional information is available at the end of the chapter

**Based on Dehydrogenase Enzymes** 

Self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG) is an important component of modern therapy for diabetes mellitus. SMBG has been recommended for people with diabetes and their health care professionals in order to achieve a specific level of glycaemic control and to prevent hypoglycaemia. The goal of SMBG is to collect detailed information about blood glucose levels at many time points to enable maintenance of a more constant glucose level by more precise regimens. It can be used to aid in the adjustment of a therapeutic regimen in response to blood glucose values and to help individuals adjust their dietary intake, physical activity, and insulin doses to improve glycaemic control on a day-to-day basis.

SMBG can aid in diabetes control by: (http://www.diabetes.co.uk/blood-glucose/blood-

 facilitating the development of an individualized blood glucose profile, which can then guide health care professionals in treatment planning for an individualized diabetic

 giving people with diabetes and their families the ability to make appropriate day-today treatment choices in diet and physical activity as well as in insulin or other agents;

enhancing patient education and patient empowerment regarding the effects of lifestyle

 helps inform the patient and doctor about how well the medication regime is working reduces anxiety about, and increases understanding of, hypoglycaemia. This is because if untreated hypoglycaemia can result in coma for diabetic patients and is therefore a

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improving patients' recognition of hypoglycaemia or severe hyperglycaemia;

and pharmaceutical intervention on glycaemic control. helps to determine which foods or diet are best for one's control

