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Dean123
7 posts
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Hi can you help me, how do you work out your correction dose for insulin . Thanks Dean
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novorapidboi26
DAFNE Graduate
NHS Lanarkshire
1,819 posts
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At my DAFNE course I was told that 1 unit of insulin will drop your blood sugar level by 2-3mmol/l, so 2.5mmol/l.
So you would work out how many mmols you need to come down by to get on your desired target, and then divide by 2.5.
However it also states in the handbook that if your blood sugar is above 11mmol/l then the above rule that 1 unit drops by 2.5mmol wont may not work.
After testing extensively, this theory has evolved into four different correction factors, you could call it, for me personally.
But I realize that you haven't completed the DAFNE course so would not know any of this, so I hope I haven't overwhelmed you......
The main point to take form this is 1 unit [quick acting analogue, novorapid etc...] drops your BG by 2.5mmol/l, give or take....
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