Gastric emptying and the personalized management of type 1 diabetes

It is increasingly advocated that management of type 1 and type 2 diabetes be “personalized” (i.e., targeted to the characteristics of the individual patient). This approach has major implications for health care costs, has proven successful in monogenic diabetes (2), and is practiced widely in other areas of medicine, such as oncology. Management strategies for type 1 diabetes currently focus on the achievement of targeted glycemic control, as assessed by a glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) value