Using Your Glucose Reading To Make A Treatment Decision - Abbott FreeStyle Libre 2 User Manual

Using Your Glucose Reading to Make a Treatment
Decision
After you scan your Sensor, use all of the information on the
screen when deciding what to do or what treatment decision
to make.
Current Glucose
Message
Glucose Going
Low
82
Glucose
Trend
mg Arrow
dL
350
250
Food Note
150
50
2pm 6pm 10pm
Glucose Graph
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Glucose Trend Arrow
Direction your glucose is going
Arrow What it means
Glucose rising quickly
Glucose rising
Glucose changing slowly
Glucose falling
Glucose falling quickly
Glucose Graph
Graph of your current and stored glucose readings
Rapid-Acting
Insulin Note
mg/dL 350
250
150
Target
Current
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Glucose
Glucose
2pm 6pm 10pm
Range
Time
This table provides some information on how you can factor the Glucose
Trend Arrow into your treatment decisions. Remember that you should
never make a treatment decision based on the Glucose Trend Arrow alone.
Treatment Decision Considerations
Glucose
Trend
Low Glucose Glucose in
Arrow
(< 70 mg/dL) Target Range
Treat low glucose If you are about to eat,
according to your health take insulin to cover
care professional's your meal. Consider
recommendation. taking a little more since
glucose is rising quickly.
If you have taken insulin
recently, do nothing and
scan again later.
Avoid "insulin stacking".
High Glucose
(> 240 mg/dL)
If you are about to eat,
take insulin to cover
your meal. Consider
taking a little more since
glucose is high and
rising quickly.
If this is between
meals, consider taking
an insulin correction
dose, unless you have
taken insulin recently. If
you have taken insulin
recently, do nothing and
scan again later.
Avoid "insulin stacking".
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