title: Postprandial glycaemia after regular and lispro insulin in children and adolescents with diabetes.
abstract: We compared the postprandial blood glucose (BG)-levels following preprandial regular insulin or lispro insulin before and after eating in adolescents with diabetes. Lispro is a rapidly absorbed insulin analogue. Lispro insulin injected immediately before breakfast reduced the postprandial BG-rise significantly compared to the 20 min preprandially administered regular insulin (P < 0.01). Postprandial lispro injection resulted in similar BG values as the standard treatment with regular insulin 20 min preprandially.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lispro insulin injected immediately before the meal leads to lower postprandial BG levels and seems to be an option for teenagers who use multiple preprandial insulin injections. Postprandial lispro administration could be a benefit in certain situations since it resulted in similar BG values to preprandial regular insulin.
authors.affiliation: University Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rami
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Schober
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002648:Child; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000097:blood / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007328:Insulin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D061268:Insulin Lispro; D008297:Male; D019518:Postprandial Period
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin; D061268:Insulin Lispro