Euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient with pancreatitis and type 2 diabetes on empagliflozin

Sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are glucose-lowering drugs with proven efficacy in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus, and more recently, have been shown to improve heart failure outcomes in patients without diabetes. A rare complication of SGLT2 inhibitor use is the development of...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ case reports 2022-06, Vol.15 (6), p.e247921
Hauptverfasser: Bardhi, Olgert, Bloom, Matthew D, Sattari, Maryam
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Sodium glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors are glucose-lowering drugs with proven efficacy in treating type 2 diabetes mellitus, and more recently, have been shown to improve heart failure outcomes in patients without diabetes. A rare complication of SGLT2 inhibitor use is the development of euglycaemic diabetic ketoacidosis (EDKA), characterised by euglycaemia (blood glucose level
ISSN:1757-790X
1757-790X
DOI:10.1136/bcr-2021-247921