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Treatment Decision Considerations
Low Glucose
(< 70 mg/dL)
Glucose in
Target Range
High Glucose
(> 240 mg/dL)
Treat low glucose
according to your health
care professional’s
recommendation.
If you are about to eat,
take insulin to cover
your meal. Consider
taking a little more since
glucose is rising.
If you have taken insulin
recently, do nothing and
scan again later.
Avoid “insulin stacking”.
If you are about to eat,
take insulin to cover
your meal. Consider
taking a little more since
glucose is high and
rising.
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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