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Glossary
Manually-calculated bolus: A bolus amount of insulin chosen by you (not
calculated by the Bolus Calculator).
Maximum Basal Rate: Upper limit for basal rates in a Basal Program or temp
basal.
Maximum Bolus: e largest bolus that you can request from the PDM. e
Bolus Calculator warns you if it calculates a bolus that is over this amount.
Minimum BG for Calcs: e minimum blood glucose reading at which the
Bolus Calculator calculates a meal bolus. e Bolus Calculator is disabled below
this value. "For Calcs" means "for use in the Bolus Calculator's calculations."
Meal bolus (also known as carbohydrate bolus): An amount of insulin
administered before a meal or snack to ensure that blood glucose levels stay within
the desired BG Goal Range aer a meal.
Neonate: A baby less than four weeks old.
Notications: An on-screen reminder or informational message.
Occlusion: A blockage or interruption in insulin delivery.
Preset: Denes a value that you want to enter quickly and oen.
Protein: One of the three main energy sources in food. (e other two are
carbohydrate and fat.) Protein contains 4 calories per gram. Foods high in protein
include meat, poultry, sh, legumes and dairy products.
Reverse correction (negative correction): If your blood glucose level is below
your Target BG, the Bolus Calculator uses your Correction Factor to reduce a
portion of a meal bolus dose. is is an optional feature, which should be turned
on or o according to the advice of your healthcare provider.
Sensitivity factor (see Correction Factor)
So key: A button on the PDM whose label or function appears on the screen
directly above the button. e label changes depending on the screen.
Target BG: e blood glucose level that the Bolus Calculator tries to achieve. You
can dene dierent Target BGs for dierent time periods. For example, you can
have one Target BG before meals, a dierent one aer meals, and yet another at
night.
Temp basal: A temporary basal rate that is used to cover predictable, short-term
changes in basal insulin need. Temp basals are oen used during exercise and for
sick-day insulin adjustments.
Temp basal preset: An adjustment in a basal rate, in either % or U/hr, that can be
assigned a custom name and stored by the PDM for reuse at a later occasion.
Time segment: A dened period of time during a 24-hour day. Time segments
are used to dene basal segments in a Basal Program, and also to dene Target BG
segments, IC Ratio segments, and Correction Factor segments.