Use of an insulin bolus advisor improves glycemic control in multiple daily insulin injection (MDI) therapy patients with suboptimal glycemic control: First results from the ABACUS trial

Diabetes Care

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3613-3619

  Ziegler, Ralph ^a   Cavan, David A ^b   Cranston, Iain ^c   Barnard, Katharine ^d   Ryder, Jacqueline ^b   Vogel, Claudia ^e   Parkin, Christopher G ^f   Koehler, Walter ^g   Vesper, Iris ^h   Petersen, Bettina ^h   Schweitzer, Matthias A ^h   Wagner, Robin S ⁱ  

^a Clinic for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes   (Germany)

^b ROYAL BOURNEMOUTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^e Internistisches Fachaerztezentrum   (Germany)

^f CGParkin Communications Inc   (United States)

^g Baseline Statistics GmbH   (Germany)

^h ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

ⁱ Roche Diagnostics Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DOSE CALCULATION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE DAILY INJECTION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG EFFECTS; INSULIN INFUSION; PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891848271     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc13-0251     Document Type: Article

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