Target range for pre-exercise sensor glucose | Trend arrow on device | Action | |||
Patients with habitual intensive exercise and/or low risk of hypoglycemia | Patients with habitual moderate-intensity exercise and/or moderate risk of hypoglycemia | Patients with low or minimal habitual exercise and/or high risk of hypoglycemia | Direction | If an increase in sensor glucose is expected* | If a decrease in sensor glucose is expected¶ |
>270 mg/dL (15.0 mmol/L) and >1.5 mmol/L blood ketones | ↑↗→↘↓ | Do not exercise; give correction dose of insulin | |||
>270 mg/dL (15.0 mmol/L) and ≤1.5 mmol/L blood ketones | ↗↑ | Consider insulin correctionΔ, can start mild-moderate aerobic exercise | Consider insulin correctionΔ, can start all exercise | ||
→ | Consider insulin correctionΔ, can start mild-moderate aerobic exercise | Can start all exercise | |||
↘↓ | Can start all exercise | ||||
181 to 270 mg/dL (10.1 to 15.0 mmol/L) | 199 to 270 mg/dL (11.1 to 15.0 mmol/L) | 217 to 270 mg/dL (12.1 to 15.0 mmol/L) | ↗↑ | Can start aerobic exercise | Can start all exercise |
→↘↓ | Can start all exercise | ||||
126 to 180 mg/dL (7.0 to 10.0 mmol/L) | 145 to 198 mg/dL (8.0 to 11.0 mmol/L) | 162 to 216 mg/dL (9.0 to 12.0 mmol/L) | ↗↑→ | Can start all exercise | |
↘↓ | Take approximately 0.2 g/kg CHO◊, then can start all exercise | Take approximately 0.3 g/kg CHO◊, then can start all exercise | |||
90 to 125 mg/dL (5.0 to 6.9 mmol/L) | 90 to 144 mg/dL (5.0 to 7.9 mmol/L) | 90 to 161 mg/dL (5.0 to 8.9 mmol/L) | ↗↑ | Can start all exercise | Take approximately 0.2 g/kg CHO◊, then can start all exercise |
→ | Take approximately 0.2 g/kg CHO◊, then can start all exercise | Take approximately 0.3 g/kg CHO◊, then can start all exercise | |||
↘ | Take approximately 0.3 g/kg CHO◊; delay all exercise§ | Take approximately 0.4 g/kg CHO◊; delay all exercise§ | |||
↓ | Individual amount CHO ingestion, delay all exercise§ | ||||
<5.0 mmol/L (<90 mg/dL) | Individual amount CHO ingestion, delay all exercise§ | ||||
Color key: | |||||
No or minimal action required | |||||
Minimal or moderate action required | |||||
Moderate or urgent action required | |||||
Delay all exercise |