Medtronic Paradigm Link Owner's Manual - page 28
Uses For Your Meter’s Optional Functions
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Uses For Your Meter’s Optional Functions
An example of how you may use the Time-Specific Average function
is shown below.
NOTE:
To get a Time-Specific Average, your 3 tests must be
performed on 3 of the last 5 days.
This function lets you and your healthcare professional:
• Choose up to 4 time periods during the day for which you want to
track results. The meter labels these times as A1, A2, A3, and A4.
• View your Time-Specific Averages on the meter display.
• View the 3 test results that make up each Time-Specific Average.
Example:
For your next appointment, your doctor wants to know, on average, how high your
blood glucose has been running before lunch so you and your doctor can decide
whether your diabetes therapy needs adjusting. The Time-Specific Average function
will compute that number for you. Say your blood glucose at lunchtime over the last
few days has been 191 mg/dL, 218 mg/dL, and 146 mg/dL. The Time-Specific
Average function will show you that your blood glucose has been 185 mg/dL for this
time of day.
How This Time-Specific Average Was Determined:
In the example, you chose 12:00
PM
for your A2
Average time. This is the time you test your
blood glucose before lunch.
Your A2 Average is 185 mg/dL. This value
averages the last 3 blood glucose tests taken
between 11:00
AM
and 1:00
PM
(1 hour before and 1
hour after 12:00
PM
). The 3 boxes
represent a Time-Specific Average, the average
of 3 test results.
Time-Specific
Average (A2)
(Example)
PM
Mem. mg/dL
Avg.
The Time-Specific Average function is turned off when you receive
your new meter. You must set up this function to turn it on.
When you turn on the Time-Specific Average function, you will automatically
get the 7-Day Average function.
• To set up the Time-Specific Average function, refer to page 37.
• After you set up the function, you can review your Time-Specific Averages.
For complete information on how to review this and other Optional
functions, refer to page 41.
NOTE:
In computing averages, the meter will use 600 mg/dL
for any
“
”
results and 20 mg/dL for any
“
”
results.
You can also view the 3 individual test
results, with date and time, that make up
the A2 Average. Each flashing box
represents one of the 3 test results that
makes up the average.
3 Individual Blood Glucose Test Results
(Example)
AM
Mem. mg/dL
PM
Mem. mg/dL
AM
Mem. mg/dL