Carbohydrate counting with an automated bolus calculator helps to improve glycaemic control in children with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily injection therapy: An 18-month observational study

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 388-394

  Rabbone, Ivana ^a   Scaramuzza, Andrea E ^b   Ignaccolo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Tinti, Davide ^a   Sicignano, Sabrina ^a   Redaelli, Francesca ^b   De Angelis, Laura ^b   Bosetti, Alessandra ^b   Zuccotti, Gian Vincenzo ^b   Cerutti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bolus calculator; Carbohydrate counting; Childhood diabetes; Education; Insulin therapy; Type 1 diabetes

Indexed keywords

BOLUS CALCULATOR; CARBOHYDRATE COUNTING; CHILDHOOD DIABETES; EDUCATION; INSULIN THERAPY; TYPE 1 DIABETES;

ADOLESCENT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN; INSULIN INFUSION SYSTEMS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84898879918     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2013.12.026     Document Type: Article

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