Authors: Howard Wolpert, Howard A. Wolpert
ISBN-13: 9781580401258, ISBN-10: 1580401252
Format: Paperback
Publisher: American Diabetes Association
Date Published: November 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
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The insulin pump has opened a whole new world for people with diabetesmore flexibility in what and when they eat and better blood sugar control, too.
Smart Pumping integrates this new successful technology with the physical and psychological aspects of diabetes care, and helps patients adopt the insulin pump into their self-care regime.
This book combines a comprehensive medical approach toward intensive diabetes management and pump therapy with a patient-centered appreciation of the real-life challenges and frustrations.
Howard Wolpert, M.D., is an instructor in medicine at the Harvard Medical School Joslin Diabetes Center and is also in charge of the pump clinic there. He has written extensively on the use of insulin pumps.
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction | ||
I | Why Bother with the Pump? | |
1 | You Don't Need a Sermon: But the Basics Don't Hurt | 2 |
2 | The Pump Advantage | 8 |
II | Mastering Pump Basics | |
3 | Laying the Foundation | 18 |
4 | Getting Your Basal Rates on Track | 31 |
5 | Figuring Out Your Bolus Doses | 40 |
6 | Carbohydrate Counting and the Pump | 57 |
7 | Wearing the Pump | 68 |
8 | Getting a Hold on Physical Activity | 81 |
9 | Keeping Track and Tracking Trouble | 93 |
III | Beyond the Basics: Intensive Management and Pump Use In the Real World | |
10 | Understanding Insulin: How It Acts and How You Respond | 110 |
11 | Nutrition 101: Food and the Pump | 125 |
12 | Intensive Therapy, Weight Gain, and Getting More Out of Your Exercise | 144 |
13 | Managing Your Pump in the Hospital and On the Road | 155 |
14 | Coming Off the Pump | 161 |
App. A | 167 | |
App. B | 170 | |
Resource Section | 175 | |
Index | 177 |