Publications by authors named "Deborah L Branigan"

DailyDose is a decision support system designed to provide real-time dosing advice and weekly insulin dose adjustments for adults living with type 1 diabetes using multiple daily insulin injections. Twenty-five adults were enrolled in this single-arm study. All participants used Dexcom G6 for continuous glucose monitoring, InPen for short-acting insulin doses, and Clipsulin to track long-acting insulin doses.

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The accuracy of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) sensors may be significantly impacted by exercise. We evaluated the impact of three different types of exercise on the accuracy of the Dexcom G6 sensor. Twenty-four adults with type 1 diabetes on multiple daily injections wore a G6 sensor.

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Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is characterized by pancreatic beta cell dysfunction and insulin depletion. Over 40% of people with T1D manage their glucose through multiple injections of long-acting basal and short-acting bolus insulin, so-called multiple daily injections (MDI). Errors in dosing can lead to life-threatening hypoglycaemia events (<70 mg dl) and hyperglycaemia (>180 mg dl), increasing the risk of retinopathy, neuropathy, and nephropathy.

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Objective: Glucagon delivery in closed-loop control of type 1 diabetes is effective in minimizing hypoglycemia. However, high insulin concentration lowers the hyperglycemic effect of glucagon, and small doses of glucagon in this setting are ineffective. There are no studies clearly defining the relationship between insulin levels, subcutaneous glucagon, and blood glucose.

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Background And Objective: There is a paucity of data regarding tolerability of alkaline drugs administered subcutaneously. The aim of this study was to assess the tolerability of alkaline preparations of human albumin delivered subcutaneously to healthy humans.

Methods: We compared the tolerability of neutral versus alkaline (pH 10) formulations of human albumin in ten volunteers.

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Patients with diabetes have difficulty controlling their blood sugar and suffer from acute effects of hypoglycemia and long-term effects of hyperglycemia, which include disease of the eyes, kidneys and nerves/feet. In this paper, we describe a new system that is used to automatically control blood sugar in people with diabetes through the fully automated measurement of blood glucose levels and the delivery of insulin and glucagon via the subcutaneous route. When a patient's blood sugar goes too high, insulin is given to the patient to bring his/her blood sugar back to a normal level.

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To be effective in type 1 diabetes, algorithms must be able to limit hyperglycemic excursions resulting from medical and emotional stress. We tested an algorithm that estimates insulin sensitivity at regular intervals and continually adjusts gain factors of a fading memory proportional-derivative (FMPD) algorithm. In order to assess whether the algorithm could appropriately adapt and limit the degree of hyperglycemia, we administered oral hydrocortisone repeatedly to create insulin resistance.

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