Suggested insulin regimens for patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus who wish to fast during the month of Ramadan

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1408-1415

  Kobeissy, Abdallah ^a   Zantout, Mira S ^a   Azar, Sami T ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

fasting; insulin therapy; Ramadan; type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN ASPART; INSULIN GLARGINE; INSULIN LISPRO; INSULIN ZINC SUSPENSION; ISOPHANE INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEHYDRATION; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETIC KETOACIDOSIS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIET RESTRICTION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; EVENING DOSAGE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MORNING DOSAGE; MOSLEM; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; RAMADAN; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOSIS;

CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FASTING; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLAM;

EID: 51549109720     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinthera.2008.08.007     Document Type: Article

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