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Need a little help figuring this out :-/

eminniear587

eminniear587

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What does 180mg/dl over 150 mean? We just recently sent in my son's log book and this is what the nurse sent back. My husband and I don't know what it means though...looking for help!
 

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It is telling you that the base level for blood glucose level is 150, and so you test, take the reading and deduct 150 then you give 1 unit of insulin for each 180 higher than that - or hopefully, one quarter of a unit for each 45.

If the BG level is 240, that is 90 more than 150 so it recommends half a unit of insulin as the correction dose.
 
The way I read it is: They are showing the maths they used to make the table.

If reading is 150mg/dl then no correction dose to food dose

If reading is 195mg/dl 0.25 unit correction dose is added to food dose(150+45)

If reading is 240mg/dl 0.5 unit correction dose is added to food dose(150+90)

IMPORTANT:The table shows this working out without you needing to work this out yourself. Also;the numbers on the table are rounded to nearest unit
 
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