Research overview: fructosamine and glycemic monitoring in diabetic cats

Fructosamine, a measure of glycated serum protein reflecting average blood glucose over the preceding weeks, provides a monitoring tool less affected by the stress hyperglycemia that commonly inflates spot glucose readings in cats during veterinary visits. It complements blood glucose curves and home monitoring in assessing diabetic control. This overview compiles the monitoring literature rather than one source, describing how fructosamine reflects medium-term glycemia, why stress hyperglycemia makes single glucose measurements unreliable in cats, and how clinicians combine fructosamine, glucose curves, clinical signs, and home testing to guide therapy. It matters because accurate assessment of glycemic control underpins safe insulin dosing and the pursuit of remission, and fructosamine helps overcome a distinctive feline challenge in diabetes monitoring.