Certified Diabetes Care And Education Specialist (CDCES)

Access More Questions

A patient using a CGM sensor reports that readings seem to lag behind their fingerstick values during rapid glucose changes. What is the physiological reason for this?

The CGM sensor is malfunctioning CGM measures interstitial fluid glucose, which lags behind blood glucose by 5–15 minutes The fingerstick meter is inaccurate CGM measures venous glucose, which is slower to change

Correct Answer:

CGM measures interstitial fluid glucose, which lags behind blood glucose by 5–15 minutes

Access more questions from this quiz

Continue to Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) for more practice questions and the full quiz experience.

Access More Questions