Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
In a small study of 10 type 1 children under the age of seven years, closed-loop insulin delivery improved their nighttime glycemic control. The therapy, delivered at Children's Hospital Boston, used an algorithm-controlled pump and continuous glucose monitor to deliver insulin on an as-needed basis as the children slept.
During the overnight period, which extended from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m, the delivery device adjusted basal rates every 20 minutes based on feedback from the sensors. In the morning, from 8 a.m. to noon, mini-boluses were given once a minute based on sensor readings. Target blood sugars were 150 mg/dL for the time from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m., and 120 mg/dL from 6 a.m. until noon.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...-improves-nighttime-control-in-young-type-1s/
During the overnight period, which extended from 10 p.m. to 8 a.m, the delivery device adjusted basal rates every 20 minutes based on feedback from the sensors. In the morning, from 8 a.m. to noon, mini-boluses were given once a minute based on sensor readings. Target blood sugars were 150 mg/dL for the time from 10 p.m. until 6 a.m., and 120 mg/dL from 6 a.m. until noon.
http://www.diabeteshealth.com/read/...-improves-nighttime-control-in-young-type-1s/