Improved patient care
High or low blood glucose increases the risk of death or complications. Normalizing glucose improves outcomes, if harmful extremes can be avoided.
Reduced ICU costs
Reducing length of stay and complications has a significant and beneficial impact on the costs of the intensive care units (ICU).
An unsolved problem
Over $500 million has been spent trying to make continuous glucose monitoring possible in the ICU, but the problem remains unsolved.