"Combatting CGM Alarm Fatigue in Youth: Strategies and Solutions"
Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) with alarm settings that generate too many alerts may lead to alarm fatigue in teenagers with diabetes, causing them to ignore the devices, according to a study presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Endocrine Society. The study analyzed two weeks of real-time CGM alarm settings from 150 children with diabetes treated at Indiana, and found that alarm settings often varied widely from thresholds recommended by the University of Colorado’s Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes. Experts advise parents and children to be thoughtful about setting their CGM alarm thresholds to be most useful to them.