Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery Now Available!

All New 7th Edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery covers the latest devices concisely and easily. It is now available!

Pumping Insulin 7 Cover

Update (10/31/24):

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We appreciate the widespread enthusiasm for the 7th edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery. The authors, John Walsh, P.A., Ruth Roberts, M.A., and Timothy Bailey, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.P., have integrated important advancements in automated insulin delivery (AID) and DIY systems. In the 7th edition of Pumping Insulin, you will get the latest information on AIDs and glucose management.

This edition features several resource updates, including:

  • The inner workings of different AID algorithms.
  • Settings that influence your glucose levels across different AID systems.
  • Strategies for optimizing glucose outcomes and ensuring safety with an AID system.
  • Steps for reducing infusion set issues.
  • Techniques for reaching expert and personal glucose goals.
  • Guidance on determining your ideal total daily dose based on average glucose elevation
  • A comparison of meal sizing and carbohydrate counting to establish bolus doses
  • Tips for selecting appropriate thresholds for alerts and alarms, along with advice on their usage and minimizing alarm fatigue.

With all the advances in research and diabetes management, this edition is essential for healthcare professionals and those using an insulin pump or AID system. This up-to-date 7th edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery contains helpful theory, details, and thorough procedures designed to improve your life with an AID system or insulin pump.

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The 7th edition of Pumping Insulin with Automated Insulin Delivery lets you manage insulin confidently and effectively with an AID system or an insulin pump alongside CGM. Enjoy the benefits of automated insulin delivery, which promotes a more flexible lifestyle and enhances your well-being.

Special features:

  • Discover your accurate TDD and BC settings in an AID system or insulin pump.
  • Enhance your time in range and reduce glucose variability.
  • Address unwanted glucose trends.
  • Improve glucose levels while preventing hypoglycemia.
  • Boost infusion set performance.
  • Understand carb counting and meal-size boluses.
  • Medications to prevent glucose spikes.
  • Access over 300 carb factors along with 150 tables, figures,
    and examples.

About the Authors

John Walsh, PA, is a Physician Assistant who has provided clinical care for people with diabetes for over 40 years in a wide variety of clinical settings, including private practice, HMO, and university settings. He has pumped for 42 years, worn almost every insulin pump released, and started thousands of people on pumps and AID systems. Mr. Walsh has presented various diabetes topics to clinicians, diabetes educators, and people with diabetes worldwide. His PowerPoint presentations are available on our site. 

His influence in the field is significant, as he has helped develop many of the theories and designs for the dose-related features in today’s and tomorrow’s pumps and devices. He is an authority on AID systems, insulin pumps, diabetes devices, infusion sets, and intensive management. He sees patients as a Diabetes Clinical Specialist at Advanced Metabolic Care + Research (AMCR), one of the leading endocrinology centers in Southern California.

Ruth Roberts, MA, is CEO of Diabetes Services, Inc., Diabetes Mall, and Torrey Pines Press and a widely-read medical writer and editor. She has served as a publisher, webstore and website administrator, corporate training administrator, technical writer, and instructional designer for over forty years in San Diego. She has co-authored several books on diabetes, edited a weekly online newsletter, “Diabetes This Week,” and written numerous articles on diabetes.

Timothy Bailey, M.D., F.A.C.E., F.A.C.P. is board-certified in endocrinology and metabolism and is a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. Since 1990, Tim has been President of Advanced Metabolic Care and Research, specializing in diabetes and other endocrine disorders. He conducts clinical trials, educates patients and physicians, and consults with pharmaceutical and technology firms to help them bring new products to people with diabetes.

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