Functional Insulin Treatment: Principles, Teaching Approach and Practice

Front Matter....Pages I-XVIII
Introduction....Pages 1-7
Overview of the Phases of Rehabilitation in Persons with Type I (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes....Pages 8-18
Basic Diabetes Education (Phase I of Rehabilitation)....Pages 19-44
FIT Training (Phase II of Rehabilitation)....Pages 45-77
Criteria for Functional Insulin Treatment....Pages 78-99
Hypoglycemia....Pages 100-110
Hyperglycemia....Pages 111-112
Rules for Algorithm Modification....Pages 113-126
Physical Activity....Pages 127-130
Pregnancy in Type I (Insulin-Dependent) Diabetes....Pages 131-139
Coping with Special Situations....Pages 140-141
Frequent Patient-Related Problems....Pages 142-145
Frequent Physician-Related Problems....Pages 146-149
The “Contras”....Pages 150-154
Checklist for Continuing Care of FIT Patients (Phase III of Rehabilitation)....Pages 155-165
Review of Results and Experience....Pages 166-171
Open Questions, Unsolved Problems and Limits of FIT....Pages 172-173
Epilogue....Pages 174-177
References....Pages 178-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-213