title: [Insulin pump therapy: for whom and why?].
abstract: Insulin pump therapy utilizes continuous infusion for the basic supply of insulin. As compared with multiple daily injections, pump therapy enables a clearly more precise targeting of the insulin therapy with respect to both time and quantity. This is important for insulin-sensitive patients such as small children, adults susceptible to hypoglycemia, or diabetics, whose blood glucose level exhibits a clear-cut elevation in the small hours (the dawn phenomenon). Also a diabetic with a high HbA1c and a good motivation for treatment may significantly benefit from the pump. Insulin pump therapy requires commitment to good self-monitoring from the diabetic patient.
authors.affiliation: Folkhälsanin Tutkimuskeskus, Biomedicum I, HY, Herttoniemen sairaala, HUS.
authors.forename: Markku
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saraheimo
authors.forename: Mikko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Honkasalo
authors.forename: Marko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miettinen
mesh_terms: D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004867:Equipment Design; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D007332:Insulin Infusion Systems; D018579:Patient Selection
chemical_list: D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D007328:Insulin