Altitude changes during commercial flights may affect the blood glucose levels of people with type 1 diabetes who are treated with insulin pump therapy, according to new research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), Madrid (9-13 Sept).
DiabetologiaSep 9 2024 Altitude changes during commercial flights may affect the blood glucose levels of people with type 1 diabetes who are treated with insulin pump therapy, according to new research to be presented at this year's Annual Meeting of The European Association for the Study of Diabetes , Madrid .
During the simulated flights, insulin infusion was set at 0.60 units per hour to represent a rate used in adult and pediatric practice and to allow accurate measurements with multiple flights. Related StoriesThe researchers found that full insulin cartridges over-delivered 0.60 units of insulin over a 20-minute ascent compared to ground-level performance. While this may slightly reduce blood glucose, the authors do not anticipate that this would lead to clinically significant or symptomatic hypoglycemia.
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