- Title
- Multiple daily injections in young patients using the ezy-BICC bolus insulin calculation card, compared to mixed insulin and CSII
- Creator
- Anderson, Donald G.
- Relation
- Pediatric Diabetes Vol. 10, Issue 5, p. 304-309
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1399-5448.2008.00484.x
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell Munksgaard
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2009
- Description
- Objective: To describe the easy bolus insulin calculation card (ezy-BICC) approach to multiple daily injections and to compare in an observational study, the haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) achieved while using ezy-BICC, mixed insulin injections and continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII). Methods: HbA1c results from 7121 clinic visits by 573 patients aged 1-20 yr using the three methods between June 2000 and July 2008 were reviewed. Results: For mixed insulin median, mean and SD HbA1c were 8.3%, 8.3%, 1.33, for ezy-BICC, 7.6%, 7.7%, 1.40, and for CSII, 7.6%, 7.8%, 1.31. HbA1c increases with age significantly more in those using CSII (p < 0.001). By regression, compared with mixed insulin HbA1c is 0.7% lower using ezy-BICC (p < 0.018) and 1.5% lower using CSII (p < 0.001). For patients using CSII compared with < 6 yr, those 6-12 yr have HbA1c 0.7% higher (p < 0.001), 12-15 yr 1.0% higher (p < 0.001) and 15-20 yr 1.2% higher (p < 0.001). For subjects > 12 yr, HbA1c is lower while using ezy-BICC than CSII. HbA1c increases 0.2% per yr following diagnosis for 2.8 yr. In those who change from mixed insulin to ezy-BICC after this time, the mean HbA1c is 0.5% lower by 9 months, 0.7% lower at 21 months and 0.6% lower at 24 months (p < 0.05). Conclusions: The ezy-BICC system is inexpensive and convenient and allows patients to vary meal size. Subjects achieve lower HbA1c while using CSII and ezy-BICC MDI than with mixed insulin. Very young subjects achieve excellent HbA1c using CSII, but for 12 to 20 yr-old patients, ezy-BICC results in lower HbA1c than CSII for a lower cost.
- Subject
- clinical management; insulin dose management; insulin pump therapies; multiple injections; type 1 diabetes mellitus
- Identifier
- uon:7972
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/916376
- Identifier
- ISSN:1399-543X
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