•Thorough medical history and consultation with physician to assess glycemic control, disease severity and medications with hypoglycemic potential.
•Monitoring of the blood glucose level and the dietary intake before treatment.
•Avoidanceofpeakactivityperiods of insulin or oral antidiabetic medications.
•Recognition of signs and symp- toms of low blood glucose level and timely administration of car- bohydrate source (oral, intramus- cular, intravenous)