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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Pump therapy"”.
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Psychosocial Variables in Outpatients Receiving Intrathecal Baclofen or Pain-Pump Therapy
… quality of life. Intrathecal baclofen and pain pump therapy have been viable treatment options for those patients with severe spasticity who have not responded to less invasive treatments. Several small studies have examined quality of life and patient-reported efficacy for spasticity patients …
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Efficacy and Feasibility of Fully Automated Closed Loop Insulin Pump Therapy after Islet Auto-Transplantation
… islet apoptosis during engraftment. Closed Loop therapy may improve glycemic control in this population. Methods: Analysis of 14 patients (36% male; age 35.9±11.4 years) at transition from IV to subcutaneous insulin (POD=6±1.4 days). Subjects were block randomized to CL pump (n=7) or multiple …
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Carbohydrate Supplementation During Prolonged Aerobic Exercise for People Living with Type 1 Diabetes on Insulin Pump Therapy: The ExCarbs Study
Moderate intensity exercise increases hypoglycemia risk in individuals with type 1 diabetes. This thesis assessed carbohydrate and insulin strategies during 120-min fasted exercise (~45% VO2peak) in fifteen individuals with type 1 diabetes. The strategies performed in randomized crossover design …
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Competency Guide For Intrathecal Pump Nurses
… care for patients who have Intrathecal Baclofen Therapy (ITB) and Intrathecal Pain Therapy (ITP). The intrathecal pump therapy has been used for many years and if not done effectively complications can be fatal.</p> <p>Programming errors, administering incorrect medication concentration/dosage …
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Glycaemic control in pregnancies complicated by type 1 diabetes
… of the closed-loop system with sensor-augmented pump therapy in a 2x4-week randomised crossover design. We found that closed-loop therapy was associated with a 15% improvement in overnight time spent with target glucose concentration (3.5-7.8 mmol/L; 74.7% during closed-loop use vs 59.5% during …
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The effect of protein and fat meal content on the insulin requirement of type 1 diabetic children
… fat and protein contents, using insulin pump therapy and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) in children with type 1diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS : A total of 22 participants aged four to 17 years with type 1 diabetes on insulin pump therapy took part in this home-based, …
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The impact of closed-loop insulin delivery on glucose control in children and young people with type 1 diabetes mellitus: Longer-term benefits across the paediatric age-spectrum
… systems, consisting of glucose sensor, insulin pump and an algorithm automatically adjusting insulin delivery in response to real-time glucose levels, have the potential to transform diabetes management. Longer-term unsupervised studies had been lacking across the paediatric age span, hampering …
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Closed-loop insulin delivery in adults with type 1 diabetes
… insulin delivery with conventional insulin pump therapy on two separate occasions, matched in meals and activities. During closed-loop visits, CGM values were entered into a computer containing a model predictive control algorithm which advised on basal insulin infusion for subcutaneous …
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Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion in Comparison to Subcutaneous Insulin Injections in the Preschooler with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus
… subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) via insulin pump therapy has provided patients and families with a delivery method that addressed challenges of metabolic control and hypoglycemia (Fuld, Conrad, Buckingham, & Wilson, 2010).</p> <p>The purpose of this project is to answer the question: Does …
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The impact of high and intermittent-high glucose on ROS generation and bioenergetic metabolism in vascular endothelial cells
… study of T2DM patients receiving insulin pump therapy.<br/>High glucose significantly increased both general and mitochondrial superoxide generation in HUVECs, whereas intermittent-high glucose did not. High glucose also increased the total NAD+/NADH ratio and appeared to elicit changes in …
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The Artificial Pancreas in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes: Bringing Closed-Loop Home
… preparations, recent advancements in insulin pump technology and more accurate blood glucose monitoring, in clinical practice it remains challenging to achieve normoglycaemia whilst reducing the risk of hypoglycaemia, particularly in young people with type 1 diabetes. Closed-loop insulin …
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A Participatory Action Research (PAR) into how the language and vocabulary of diabetes facilitates peoples’ experience of living with diabetes: the Language in Diabetes Study (LIDAS)
… the exemplars of Structured Patient Education, Pump Therapy and Flash Glucose Monitoring. The discussion explores how this entangled discourse leads to an illusion of choice, an abstract rather than humanistic view of PWD, burnout and DD, moralism and stigma. The study further notes that …
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Propuesta de un algoritmo de control en lazo cerrado para la diabetes tipo 1
… Type 1 diabetic patient has to follow an insulin therapy which should be adjusted to his/her metabolic needs and life style. Patients are the main responsible of their metabolic control and they must adjust the insulin doses to their daily habits. Their experience and their knowledge about the …