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Conventional insulinotherapy - definition of Conventional insulinotherapy in Encyclopedia (122 words) |
 | Conventional insulinotherapy is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. |
| This is an older method that is still in use in a proportion of cases. |
| The down side of this method is the fact that it is difficult to achieve as good results of glycemic control as with intensive insulinotherapy. |
| Intensive insulinotherapy (188 words) |
| Intensive insulinotherapy - is a therapeutic regimen for diabetes mellitus treatment. |
| The results from ling-term studies like the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS) and the Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) show that intensive insulinotherapy has a protective value in ameliorating frequency and severity of macro- and microvascular complications of diabetes mellitus[?]. |
| The method of intensive insulinotherapy is based on multiple injection of rapid acting insulin before each meal and once daily an injection of dose of long acting insulin as a baseline dose. |
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