SAN DIEGO — Use of an automated insulin delivery system can lower HbA1c and improve time in range without increasing time below range for people with type 1 diabetes who tend to miss meal boluses, according to a speaker.
“Generally, type 1 diabetes patients with a high HbA1c or those who are missing meal boluses frequently are not considered a good candidate for insulin pump or automated insulin delivery therapy,” Viral N. Shah, MD, associate professor of medicine and pediatrics at the Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus,