Independent user reviews of the AIDA software can be found on the Web at and as well as in the medical / diabetes / computing literature. Examples of the application of AIDA v4 as an educational tool can be found in various journal articles and a full demonstration can be viewed on line at, or downloaded without charge from, the AIDA Website.
It is easy for users to add or create further case scenarios, as required. The AIDA v4 software comes with forty educational case scenarios as standard, each of which represents a ‘snapshot’ of the metabolic status of a typical patient with respect to insulin-dependent type 1 diabetes mellitus. In this respect AIDA appears most of use for recreating clinical situations – rather than trying to predict best outcome. While the AIDA v4 software can simulate a wide variety of insulin dosage and diet adjustments, it should be stressed that the purpose of AIDA is to create a learning environment for communicating and training intuitive thinking when dealing with such adjustments. Therefore, as the program makes clear, it is not intended for therapy planning and can only be used for teaching, self-learning, demonstration, or research purposes. It is important to note that AIDA v4, like other model-based approaches, is not sufficiently accurate to be used for individual patient simulation or glycaemic prediction. Full details of the AIDA v4 model are accessible from within the AIDA software package and can be viewed and printed separately via the AIDA website. The AIDA v4 model] also contains separate compartments for plasma and ‘active’ insulin, the latter being responsible for glycaemic control while insulin is removed from the former by liver degradation. It contains a single extra-cellular glucose compartment into which glucose enters via both absorption from the intestine and glucose production from the liver.
It incorporates a compartmental model that describes glucose-insulin interaction in patients completely lacking endogenous insulin secretion.
AIDA v4 has been described in detail in the medical / scientific / computing literature.
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