Putting Your Patients on the Pump

This work should help doctors to help diabetes patients live a more flexible lifestyle with step-by-step advice on insulin pump therapy. Chapters cover such topics as: profiles of good candidates; selecting a pump; and determining start basal rate.

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Help your patients live a more flexible lifestyle with step-by-step advice on insulin pump therapy from dietitian and diabetes educator Karen Bolderman. Bolderman has spent more than 25 years training and managing hundreds of insulin pump patients with all brands of insulin pumps. Benefit from her "best of" advice, including pros and cons and complete troubleshooting techniques. Chapters cover such topics as: Profiles of good candidates; Selecting a pump; Carbohydrate counting and managing hyperglycemia; Determining starting basal rate - and much more. Plus, practical pump tips for patients, case studies, and success stories.