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Entering Data
This section explains how to record your data in Diabetes Pilot. Diabetes Pilot can track your glucose, food, medication, exercise, and nearly any other type of information that you'd like to record. Creating a new entry Recording and Editing Data on the Details Screen Food Records
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Tap the "Note" button to record any other type of data. The text that you enter for a note entry will be displayed in the list on the main screen. You can use this type of entry to record nearly anything. You might use it to record HbA1C measurements, blood pressure, other test results, notes about how you're feeling, or anything else you'd like. For more information on entering the details of these items see Recording and Editing Data below. To edit an existing item, tap on the item in the list. When you enter a new item change an existing one, it may or may not be immediately visible in the list on the main screen. The display on the main screen depends on the filter settings that you have set - see Displaying Your Data for more information.
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manually enter the nutrient content of the meal (from your own carb counting, for example) by tapping the "quick" button at the bottom of the screen. For exercise records, enter the amount of exercise in whatever units are most useful to you (miles walked, minutes of activity, number of repetitions, etc). Select the type of exercise by tapping on the box to the right of the value box. If the item you want isn't in the list, tap the "add" button to add a new item to the list. Items that you don't use for an extended period of time will be removed from the list automatically. For blood pressure records, enter your blood pressure and pulse reading. For note records, just enter the note that you'd like to make. If you've set Diabetes Pilot to calculate insulin requirements (See Setting Preferences), the insulin calculation will be displayed when entering a glucose or food record. The calculation is updated when you change the value on the data entry screen. Tap the "enter now" button to create a new entry to record the calculated value. You can enter notes in the space provided. The notes will be displayed in the list on the main screen. A category for each record can be also be selected. This category can be use to categorize records in any manner that is useful to you. You may want to use the category to identify records by time of day (breakfast, lunch, dinner, etc). The category list can be customized however you would like. To customize the category list, finish entering your record. Then, click on the the "Tasks..." button on the main screen and select "Edit Categories". Tap "Save" when you are done making your entry. You will return to the main screen. Tapping on "Cancel" returns you to the previous screen without saving your changes. Tapping on the "Delete" button will delete the displayed record.
Food Records
Use food records to record meals, snacks, and other foods that you'd like to keep track of. When adding a food record, you can either: 1. Quickly enter totals that you already know (from your own carbohydrate estimate, for example) without
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entering a lot of detail. To do this, tap on the "Quick" button at the bottom of the screen and enter the nutrition information you'd like to record. 2. Or, you can record the details of the meal and have Diabetes Pilot calculate the carbohydrate and other nutrition information for you. The rest of this section explains how to do this. To build a meal, add foods by using one of the buttons at the bottom of the screen: Use the "DB" button to select foods from the food database. Tapping this button takes you to the food database. Find the food that you are looking for by doing any combination of the following: 1. Searching the food database by entering a short word or phrase in the search box at the top of the screen. Tap the "Search" button on the on-screen keyboard to perform the search. 2. Browsing through the food groups. Food groups are shown on the screen in bold letters. Tap on the group to display its contents. To back up, tap on the "back" button in the upper left corner of the screen. When you find the food you're looking for, tap on it. You will be returned to the Meal Record screen and the food will added to the meal. See Using the Food Database for more information about the food database and how to use and personalize it. Use the "Quick" button to manually enter an individual food and it's nutrition information. Use the "Fav" button to access the favorite foods list. Tap on a food in the list to add it to the meal. To use this feature, you'll need to mark some of the foods in the database as favorites. See Using the Food Database for more information. After adding a food to the meal, adjust the number of servings for the food as necessary by tapping on the food and selecting the number of servings in the selector that appears. To remove a food, tap on the food's "Edit" button, then tap on the trashcan icon on that food's information screen. To add more foods to the meal, continue to use any combination of the "DB", "Quick", and "Fav" buttons to add foods as necessary.
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The nutrition information for the meal is calculated as you go. The following information is available: Carbs: Carbohydrates (grams) Calories: Calories Prot: Protein (grams) Fat: Total Fat (grams) Fiber: Total fiber (grams) Fat Cal: Calories from fat Sat Fat: Saturated fat (grams) Cholesterol: Cholesterol (mg) Sodium: Sodium (mg) Sugars: Sugars (g) You can also save and recall entire meals. This saves you from having to reenter the individual items for meals that you commonly eat. To save a meal for future use: 1. Tap on the square-with-arrow icon near the lower right corner of the meal record screen. 2. Select "Save this meal" from the menu that appears. 3. Enter a name for the meal, then tap the "Save" button. To recall a previously saved meal: 1. Tap on the square-with-arrow icon near the lower right corner of the meal record screen. 2. Select "Add items from saved meal" (to add the saved meal to the existing items) or "Replace with saved meal" (to replace the existing items with the meal items) from the menu. 3. Find the meal you want in the list, and tap on it. To delete a previously saved meal: 1. Tap on the square-with-arrow icon near the lower right corner of the meal record screen. 2. Select "Load a saved meal" from the popup menu. 3. Select the meal you wish to delete, tap it's "edit" button, then tap the trashcan icon on the meal info screen that appears.
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Diabetes Pilot provides several different filtering options for displaying your data. This allows you to focus on the information that is important to you at a particular moment, without being distracted by other data that you may have recorded.
Display Filters
To display all of your records on the main screen, tap on the "Show..." button at the top of the screen, then choose "Show all" on the filter selection screen that appears. To display a filtered selection of your records on the main screen, tap on the "Show..." button at the top of the main screen. This will display a screen where you can choose which records are displayed: To control which dates are displayed, select an item from the "dates" section of the screen. To control which record categories are displayed, scroll down and check the boxes next to the categories you wish to display in the area labeled "Categories". To control which record types are displayed, scroll down and check the boxes next to the record types you wish to display in the area labeled "Record types". When you're done, tap the "Use Filter" button to return to the main screen. The main screen will then display only the records you've selected. A record must match all of the filter criteria to be displayed. Tap the the "Show All" button to allow all of the records to be shown. If you're having trouble finding a record that you think should appear in the list, click this button so that all of the records are displayed - this may help you locate what you're looking for.
Setting Preferences
Diabetes Pilot allows you to set several different options in the program. These options can customize the behavior of Diabetes Pilot to your needs and help save
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you time while entering data. General Preferences Display Preferences Insulin Calculation Settings
General Preferences
To set general program preferences, tap the "Tasks..." button, then choose "Settings..." from the menu that appears. The general preferences screen allows you to set several options that determine how Diabetes Pilot works: Blood glucose ranges. Set your limits for high and low blood sugars and a target range. These values are used with various reports. Default Exercise: This allows you to specify the exercise that appears as a default when you are entering a new exercise entry. Default Medication: This allows you to specify the medication that appears as a default when you are entering a new medication entry. For Meals Show: This specifies which nutrient is displayed on the main record listing screen for meal entries. You can choose from carbohydrates, fiber, protein, fat, calories, saturated fat, sugars, sodium, cholesterol, calories from fat, and net carbs (carbohydrates minus fiber). Glucose Units: This items allows you to select between either mg/dL units (typically used in the United States) or mmol/L units (typically used throughout the world) for glucose measurements. Please note that if you change this setting, your existing glucose data and target glucose ranges will be converted to the system of measurement that you select. Please note that converting back and forth between the two systems of measurement may result in small changes to your data that are caused by rounding during the conversion process. For this reason, we recommend that you select the system that you prefer and then leave this setting unchanged.
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enter "15" in the space provided. Subtract fiber from carbs: If this switch is turned on, the fiber content of the meal will be subtracted from the overall carbohydrate total when performing the calculation described above. Add 1U per __ g Protein: If this switch is turned on, an additional quantity of insulin will be calculated according to the protein content of the meal. Insulin is calculated by dividing the protein content of the meal by the value entered. So, for example, if you take an additional 1 unit of insulin for every 7 grams of protein in a meal, you would enter "7" in the space provided. Note that this is in addition to the carbohydrate calculation described above and is only available when the carbohydrate calculation is used. Calculate Insulin Required to Lower Glucose: If this switch is turned on, an insulin calculation will be displayed on the glucose record detail screen when you are making a glucose entry. The insulin estimate is calculated by taking the difference between your target and the glucose entry you are currently making and dividing it by the factor that you have entered. (If the glucose reading you are entering is below your target, no correction is shown).
Editing Categories
Diabetes Pilot allows you to categorize your records however you would like. Many people like to use these categories to group their records by time of day. However, you can change the category names to anything that you'd like. To edit the category list: On the main screen, tap the "Tasks..." button, then select "Edit Categories...". Then, Use the "+" button to add a new category. Use the "-" button next to a category to delete it. Drag the categories into the order that you prefer by dragging the bars on the right side of each category listing.
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own foods to the database and customize it to meet your needs. Accessing the Food Database Finding Foods Adding New Foods and Groups Marking Foods as Favorites Organizing the Database
Finding Foods
You can locate foods in the food database in several different ways: Option 1: Browse through the foods by category. To browse through the foods by category, tap on the items to navigate through the database. Food groups are indicated by bold text and an ">" arrow indicator at the side of the item. Foods are indicated by regular text. To open a group and see its contents, tap on the group's name. To edit the name of the group, tap the "edit" button. To back up and go out of the group, tap the "Back" button near the top of the screen. To select a food, click on the food's name. This adds the food to the meal record that you're working on. To edit the foods name or nutrition data, or to just view the nutrition data, tap on the "edit" button next to the food.
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Option 2: Search for foods by name. To search for foods by name, type in the "Search" box near the top of the screen. Enter a few letters of the food you are looking for in the "Search" box, then tap the "Search" button in the on-screen keyboard. The food database will be searched for what you enter. Any food or group containing your search letters will be displayed in the search box. You will usually have better results with the search feature if you enter just a few letters of a food name - this way, the food will appear in the results even if it is named a bit differently than you'd expect. This is a good way to find a food if you can't find it by browsing. To select a food, click on it in the search result list.
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2. Edit the food (by tapping on its "Edit" button) 3. Switch on the "show in favorites list" switch, then tap the "save" button. To remove a food from the favorites list, do the steps above, but turn off the "show in favorites list" switch".
Averages Report
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This report shows your average blood sugar for the past 7, 30, 60, and 90 days. This report should not take the place of tests recommended by your doctor such as glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). The report will also display a rough "best guess" estimate of your HbA1C. Because this estimate is based only on the data that you've entered, it may be inaccurate in certain circumstances depending on your data entry patterns. It's intended for informational purposes only - you shouldn't rely on it for medical decision-making purposes or as a subsitute for actual HbA1C testing.
Category Report
The category report analyzes your readings based on their category. If you have been using the category feature to categorize your records as you enter them, this report may help you find patterns in your readings. See Recording and Editing Data for more information on using categories. For each category, the report shows: Average Glucose Minimum Glucose Number of Glucose Readings Glucose Readings in Target Range High Glucose Readings Low Glucose Readings You can specify the records to analyze by tapping on the "Settings" button near the top of the screen.
Medication Report
The Medication Report shows the totals of each of your medications over a selected date range. You can specify the records to analyze by tapping on the "Settings" button near the top
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of the screen.
Food Report
You can create a report that shows the nutritional content of the meals you've entered. To do this, choose "Food Report". You can specify the records to analyze by tapping on the "Settings" button near the top of the screen.
and unexpected events may occur, we encourage you to use one of the other methods described above rather than relying only on the iTunes backup.
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