Insulin Management of Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Insulin treatment of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) requires the following core concepts:

• 1. A knowledge of pancreatic beta cell insulin secretion in the nondiabetic person, which is the goal of management;

• 2. A knowledge of the timing of our insulin-delivery preparations and methods of injection, which will provide the tools to achieve approximation of normal insulin delivery;

• 3. A knowledge of how to observe the effects of insulin delivery in terms of the changes in concentration of blood glucose achieved by home glucose monitoring.