Abstract
We have developed a microcomputer-based system for physicians and their diabetic patients that allows daily insulin, glucose, and other pertinent data to be entered, and prints graphs, statistical analyses and recommended changes in insulin dosage. Suggestions are made regarding before meal supplements, changes in routine insulin due to hypo- or hyperglycemia, timing and quantity of meals, and when blood glucose should next be measured. The major problem faced was to provide flexibility, so the program could be used by patients with different degrees of “brittleness” and by physicians with different philosophies, strategies, and goals of treatment. We provide such flexibility by incorporating 7 levels of control, 6 regimens (including the “pump”), and 5 levels of “aggressiveness” of therapy.
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