Smartphone apps for calculating insulin dose: A systematic assessment

BMC Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Huckvale, Kit ^a   Adomaviciute, Samanta ^a   Prieto, José Tomás ^b   Leow, Melvin Khee Shing ^c,d,e   Car, Josip ^a,f  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^c TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^d DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^e AGENCY FOR SCIENCE   (Singapore)

^f NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

App; Calculator; Diabetes; mHealth; Mobile health; Safety; Smartphone

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG DOSE CALCULATOR; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TREATMENT; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MOBILE APPLICATION; MOBILE PHONE; NOMENCLATURE; VALIDATION PROCESS; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL PHONES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INSULINS; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; SELF CARE;

EID: 84929332826     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17417015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12916-015-0314-7     Document Type: Article

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