Should  SGLT2 Inhibitors Be Stopped Before Emergency Surgery?

A new study entitled “Postoperative Outcomes Among Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Users” published in JAMA Surgery calls into question the current guidelines advising doctors to pause a widely used class of diabetes drugs—sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i) — before surgery. The findings suggest the risk of developing postoperative euglycemic ketoacidosis (eKA), a serious and potentially […]

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