Changes in altitude cause unintended insulin delivery from insulin pumps: Mechanisms and implications

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1932-1933

  King, Bruce R ^a   Goss, Peter W ^b   Paterson, Megan A ^b   Crock, Patricia A ^a   Anderson, Donald G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b Gippsland Paediatrics Diabetes Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CAPILLARY TUBE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; FLIGHT; INSULIN PUMP; MICROBUBBLE; HUMAN; INSULIN INFUSION; STANDARD;

ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS;

EID: 80053409489     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc11-0139     Document Type: Article

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