hrp0086p2-p273 | Diabetes P2 | ESPE2016

Lower Basal Insulin Dose – Better Control in Type 1 Diabetes

Strich David , Balgor Lucy , Gillis David

Introduction: There is no valid evidenced-based recommendation for the optimum basal insulin dose in type-1 diabetes mellitus when supplied either by continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) or multiple daily injections (MDI). We studied this previously by evaluating the dose associated with successful fasting. Another way of looking at this is by evaluating the association between basal insulin dose and HbA1c. To this end we performed a retrospective study of 89 childr...