KADIS: A computer-aided decision support, system to improve the quality of metabolic care in diabetes

One potential tool of further improving the results in diabetes treatment consists in the application of computer-aided procedures to estimate individually optimal therapeutic regimes. To meet this goal the decision support system KADIS was developed and verified in management of type I diabetes. The system is based on a validated model of the glucoregulatory system, which parameters can be identified individually. To run the system on a micro-computer a software package was programmed which alloved both the retrospective analysis of data resulting form home blood glucose monitoring, and the prospective simulation of the outcome of alterations in the therapeutic regime in terms of daily profiles in glycaemia and insulinaemia.