Carbohydrate counting with a bolus calculator improves post-prandial blood glucose levels in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes using insulin pumps

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 545-551

  Enander, Rebecka ^a   Gundevall, Christer ^b   Strömgren, Agneta ^b   Chaplin, John ^c   Hanas, Ragnar ^d  

^a Department of Pediatrics   (Sweden)

^b Kungsbacka Hospital   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UDDEVALLA HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Bolus calculator; Carbohydrate counting; Children; CSII; Diet; Insulin; Pump

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALCULATOR; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN PUMP; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; POSTPRANDIAL PERIOD;

EID: 84868209391     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00883.x     Document Type: Article

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