ea0039ep46 | Diabetes | BSPED2015
Heffernan Emmeline
, Lawson Margaret
, Bradley Brenda
, Courtney Jennilea
, Richardson Christine
Background: Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) measures interstitial glucose and display trends arrows, showing the direction and rate of change in glucose. Trend arrows allow the child/youth to take action to prevent hypo- and hyperglycaemia. Effective strategies for adjusting insulin boluses for trend arrows are lacking. The JDRF CGM Study Group recommended a 10/20% increase/decrease in the insulin dose. However this formula requires a mathematical calculation with each tre...