title: A chaotic model for tight diabetes control.
abstract: The principles of non-linear dynamics ('chaos') theory may improve our understanding of the difficulties of blood glucose control in diabetes, may lead to alternative control strategies in selected individuals, and might even enlighten the issues involved in automated glucose control for the future. Possible experimental and mathematical methods of identifying chaotic behaviour in glucose profiles are briefly discussed. Advice based on this model is suggested for those aiming at tight blood glucose control.
authors.affiliation: The Danby Practice, Dale End Surgery, Danby, Whitby, UK.
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Holt
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000503:physiopathology; D008954:Models, Biological; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose