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DOI: 10.2337/9781580404976
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Putting your patients on the pump / Karen M. Bolderman, editor. -- 2nd ed.
p. ; cm.
Rev. ed. of: Putting your patients on the pump / Karen M. Bolderman. c2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-58040-497-6 (alk. paper)
I. Bolderman, Karen M., 1954- II. Bolderman, Karen M., 1954- Putting your patients on the pump. III. American Diabetes Association.
[DNLM: 1. Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1--drug therapy. 2. Insulin Infusion Systems. 3. Insulin--therapeutic use. 4. Patient Education as Topic. WK 820]
616.4’62061--dc23
2012049593.
eISBN: 978-1-58040-537-9
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Insulin Pump Therapy Advantages and Disadvantages
Chapter 2: Pump and Infusion Set Options and Selection (with Susan L. Barlow, RD, CDE)
Insulin Pump Options and Selection
Infusion Set and Tubing Options
Customer Service and Other Practical Considerations
Chapter 3: Pump Candidate Basics
Profile of an Appropriate Candidate
Steps for Helping the Patient Determine and Achieve Readiness
