Sentences with phrase «use of an insulin pump»

Today, for those patients who do not achieve an optimum glycaemia control with the administration of multiple insulin injections, the use of insulin pumps or systems of continuous subcutaneous infusion of insulin (ISCI, in Spanish) can be an alternative.

The research done for the last few years has proven that, besides these ISCI systems, the joint use of an insulin pump and a continuous glucose monitoring system (MCG, in Spanish), can be useful for selected patients in order to improve the control of the glycaemia levels.»

We collected data on treatment type (pump vs. injection) from adolescents» medical records because use of insulin pumps in adolescents has been associated with improved glycemic control (Sherr & Tamborlane, 2008).

Treatment consists of multiple daily insulin injections or use of an insulin pump, blood glucose checking several times daily, regulation of carbohydrate intake, and correction of blood glucose fluctuations.

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The disease can be managed with careful control of what food is eaten and when, modifying physical activity, and the use of pumps or injections to deliver insulin and the glucose - raising hormone glucagon.

It consists of providing the insulin pumps used by type 1 diabetes mellitus patients with an additional system (control algorithm) able to indicate the exact quantity of insulin needed by a patient at any time.

Tasked with constantly measuring his son's glucose levels and trying to give him just the right amount of insulin, he realized that what he needed was a computer algorithm — a set of rules designed to solve a problem — that could use data from a CGM to instruct an insulin pump on how to respond to the body's need for the hormone.

Modern therapy includes insulin pumps, such as the one Regazzi uses; a greater variety of insulin products, including man - made versions of the hormone; and better treatments for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other illness that tend to occur in people with diabetes.

A pump was designed for chemo therapy and someone had the bright idea of using it for subcutaneous insulin infusion.

This should be discussed in great detail with the health care professional that provided the pump as insulin requirements will likely decrease on a plant - based diet, which runs the risk of hypoglycemia if too much insulin is used.

For example, if you belong to Insulin Pumpers Group 75 of Detroit because your child uses an insulin pump, a potential employer may think you have diInsulin Pumpers Group 75 of Detroit because your child uses an insulin pump, a potential employer may think you have diinsulin pump, a potential employer may think you have diabetes.

I instruct patients (many of our patients are nurses) on how to properly give insulin injections, testosterone injections, how to use a glucometer, insulin pump training, putting on and downloading CGMS, phlebotomy, running US machine, etc..

The majority of the participants (68 %) were on a flexible diabetes management regimen (either insulin pump or basal - bolus injection regimen); the rest used conventional multiple daily injections.

The percentage of children using an insulin pump was 26 % at study start and increased over each of the next 3 years (35 %, 44 %, and 50 %); the rest of the children were using injections.