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What is the primary purpose of blood glucose monitoring?

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What is the primary purpose of blood glucose monitoring?

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For me to look for patterns 29% 228 For me to decide what dose to give 60% 471 For use by my diabetes team 3% 28 I don’t know 1% 10 I don’t monitor blood glucose levels 2% 18 Other 2% 18 What is the primary purpose of blood glucose monitoring? Poll dates: January 21 – 28, 2001 Total Votes: 773 29% of respondents report using blood glucose monitoring primarily to look for patterns. This is exactly how blood glucose results should be used, even though 60% use monitoring to decide what insulin dose to give. Assuming those individuals meant that they use the current number to decide the current dose, caution needs to be exercised in routinely doing this. Whenever a blood glucose level is checked, it reflects the effects of insulin given hours earlier. Pre-meal blood sugar levels depict the action of intermediate-acting insulin (NPH or Lente), long-acting insulin (Ultralente or Lantus), or the basal insulin delivered through an insulin pump. This phenomenon is especially true of the pre-bre

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