Monday 10 March 2008

Injection To Meal Interval (Spritz-Ess-Abstand)

The Injection To Meal Interval (wait time, Spritz-Ess-Abstand = SEA) describes the time in minutes that has passed from the moment of insulin injection to the consumption of the meal.

If you use negative values for this interval this means: Meal To Injection Interval (Ess-Spritz-Abstand). Therefore it describes a situation where the carbohydrate consumption of the meal is very slow. Chocolate for example makes it in most cases necessary to inject the insulin after the meal.

The diagram Insulin Curve is simulating the insulin behaviour. The negative values will now be added to the moment of the diary entry to correctly draw the gap between intake and injection.

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