Table 6.
Pediatric and adult insulin dose adjustments for trend arrows for Dexcom G5 and G6 and Freestyle Libre [adapted from Laffel et al. (33), Aleppo et al. (34), and Kudva et al. (35)].
| Dexcom G5/G6 insulin dose adjustments |
Freestyle Libre insulin dose adjustments |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pediatric recommendations | Adult recommendations | Adult recommendations | ||||
| Correction factor (mg/dL) | Insulin dose adjustment | Correction factor (mg/dL) | Insulin dose adjustment | Correction factor (mg/dL) | Insulin dose adjustment | |
| ↑↑ or ↓↓ | <25 25 to <50 50 to <75 75 to <125 ≥125 |
±4.0 units ±3.0 units ±2.0 units ±1.0 units ±0.5 units |
<25 25 to <50 50 to <75 ≥75 |
±4.5 units ±3.5 units ±2.5 units ±1.5 units |
||
| ↑ or ↓ | <25 25 to <50 50 to <75 75 to <125 ≥125 |
±3.0 units ±2.0 units ±1.0 units ±0.5 units No adjustment |
<25 25 to <50 50 to <75 ≥75 |
±3.5 units ±2.5 units ±1.5 units ±1.0 units |
<25 25 to <50 50 to <75 ≥75 |
±3.5 units ±2.5 units ±1.5 units ±1.0 units |
| ↗ or ↘ | <25 25 to <50 50 to <75 75 to <125 ≥125 |
±2.0 units ±1.0 units ±0.5 units No adjustment No adjustment |
<25 25 to <50 50 to <75 ≥75 |
±2.5 units ±1.5 units ±1.0 units ±0.5 units |
<25 25 to <50 50 to <75 ≥75 |
±2.5 units ±1.5 units ±1.0 units ±0.5 units |
| → | All CF | No adjustment | All CF | No adjustment | All CF | No adjustment |
CF, correction factor.