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Understanding PDM and Pod Function 1212 Understanding PDM and Pod Function
e calculations for the 50% increase temp basal in the preceding gure are:
Segment
boundaries*
Basal rate of
Basal Program
(U/hr)
50% increase
(U/hr)
Resulting temp
basal rate:
(U/hr)
Midnight–7:00 0.20
7:00–10:00 0.20 0.20 x 50% = 0.10 0.20 + 0.10 = 0.30
10:00–14:00 0.60 0.60 x 50% = 0.30 0.60 + 0.30 = 0.90
14:00–16:30 0.30 0.30 x 50% = 0.15 0.30 + 0.15 = 0.45
16:30 – midnight 0.30
* Segments are dened by the currently scheduled Basal Program.
Temp basal from 07:00 to 16:30
Basal Program
Actual insulin delivered
midnight midnightNoon
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
midnight
Noon
midnight
Basal Rate (U/hr)
50% decrease
50% increase
Temp basal set to %
midnight midnightNoon
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
midnight
Noon
midnight
Basal Rate (U/hr)
set to 0.1 U/hr
set to 0.9 U/hr
Temp basal set to U/hr
Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240