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Contents
Immediate and Extended Boluses ..........................................142
About Manually Calculated Boluses
........................................142
The Bolus Calculator
........................................................143
Bolus Calculator boluses
................................................143
When the Bolus Calculator does not work
.............................. 144
Factors used in the Bolus Calculator’s calculations
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Insulin on board (IOB)
...................................................147
Bolus Calculator equations
..............................................149
Bolus Calculator rules
....................................................150
Overview of the Bolus Calculator CALCULATIONS screen
..............151
Bolus Calculator examples
..............................................153
Calculations for History Summaries
........................................158
Blood glucose summaries
............................................... 158
Insulin delivery summaries
.............................................. 159
13 Living with Diabetes .................................. 161
Daily Activities ...............................................................161
Infusion site checks
...................................................... 161
Check your blood glucose frequently
...................................162
Prepare for Emergencies
....................................................163
Travelling and Holidays
.....................................................163
Keep supplies accessible
................................................164
Plan for changing time zones
...........................................164
Airports and ying
.......................................................164
Avoid Lows, Highs and DKA
................................................166
General precautions
..................................................... 166
Hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose)
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Hyperglycaemia (high blood glucose)
..................................169
Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
.............................................172
Handling Special Situations
.................................................173
Sick days
.................................................................173
Exercising, playing sports or working hard
.............................174
X-rays, MRIs and CT scans
...............................................174
Surgery or hospitalisation
...............................................174
Effective Date: 27SEP2019, ECO-000240
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