Advice

Advice on various aspects of insulin pump therapy

Bad infusion sites and high BGs: How to check if a high BG is caused by a bad infusion site
Menstruation and diabetes control: How menstruation can affect diabetes control in women, and methods for tackling the problem
What is a square-wave bolus?: Description of a square wave bolus, how it is used and how to simulate it
Calculating carbohydrates for recipes: How to calculate the carbohydrate content of a recipe with no nutritional information
BDEC programme: The BDEC Online Diabetes Learning Programme
Infusion sets: All about infusion sets: what's available, where to put them and how to insert them
Air bubbles: Survey on air bubbles and tips to avoid them
Blood glucose converter: Converts blood glucose values between American units (mg/dL) and UK units (mmol/L)
CGMS accuracy: Nanette Freedman wore MiniMed's glucose monitor several times. She looks at how accurate the results were
Hypo review: Melissa P Ford considers a review of hypos by Stephanie Amiel and David Kerr
What insulin can I put in my pump?: Melissa P Ford looks at the different types of insulin you can put in a pump
Problem with D-TRON adapter: Roche announce recall of D-TRON adapters
Obesity: Melissa P Ford looks at obesity in relation to diabetes
Other drugs: Melissa P Ford looks at other drugs that may be used in the treatment of diabetes
Where to wear your pump: Where do you wear your pump in normal or unusual situations? We asked around and got some strange answers!
Pump log: Excel template to assist with keeping an online pump log

Created: Jan 2000; Last updated: Friday 11 December 2009