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Thread: News: "Insulin pumps linked to injuries, deaths in teens: FDA study"

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05-05-2008, 05:02 PM

BlueSky

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Originally Posted by Eddy

... Overdoses, be they accidental or deliberate, are just as simple with MDI. .....

I don't think the concern it overdosing. With a pump, delivery failure, lack of insulin and DKA are much bigger potential problems.

Presumably the 13 deaths were associated with DKA induced by inadequate insulin. I wonder what the nature of the 1,500 injuries was ....