Bolus calculator with nutrition database software, a new concept of prandial insulin programming for pump users.
Bolus calculators are effective tools in controlling blood glucose levels in patients treated with insulin. Diabetics is a new software devised for patients to facilitate and improve self-managing for prandial insulin dosing and for better controlling food intake. This device contains two integral parts: a nutrition database and a bolus calculator. The algorithm is based on a formula in which carbohydrate (CHO) and either fat and/or protein (FP) products are engulfed in insulin. The insulin dose setting is programmed individually for CHO in a normal bolus (N-W) and for FP in a square-wave bolus (S-W). The device calculates the dose of insulin for N-W or S-W, suggests the optimal kind of bolus, and indicates the timing in hours for an S-W bolus. In addition, this calculator, which contains a nutrition database and insulin dosing software, helps determine the correct type of necessary boluses for selected foods.
Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. pankowskae@gmail.com
Ewa
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Pańkowska
Marlena
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Błazik
D000465:Algorithms; D016208:Databases, Factual; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D004435:Eating; D006801:Humans; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D012646:Self Administration; D012984:Software
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004044:Dietary Proteins; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents; D007328:Insulin