A Continuous Intravenous (IV) Fluid Infusion System
The Continuous IV Fluid Infusion System calculates the required insulin to be infused into the patient, at every instant that the blood glucose is calculated (See Detailed Description for computation details), and this infused insulin is a function of the current blood glucose level and the rate of change in the blood glucose level. The infused insulin is added to the patient’s basal insulin to form the patient’s total insulin. The patient’s blood glucose is reduced by the patient’s total insulin, with the reduction being inversely proportional to the patient’s diabetic severity level. Both the continuous health monitoring and continuous IV fluid infusion system occur in raspberry pi, which will simulate the actual medical device that measures patient’s blood glucose, insulin, and glucagon intravenously, calculates the above mentioned computations, and infuses the appropriate insulin concentration back into the patient every five minutes. If the patient is starving, the patient’s glucose levels start dropping. If the patient becomes hypoglycemic (glucose = 70 mg/dL), then the continuous IV fluid infusion system will automatically start infusing dextrose (a type of carbohydrate) to bring the patient’s blood glucose level back to its basal glucose level.
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