University of Lynchburg DMSc Doctoral Project Assignment Repository
Specialty
Emergency Medicine
Advisor
Nancy Reid
Abstract
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a common metabolic derangement due to a triad of hyperglycemia, anion gap metabolic acidosis, and ketonemia. The relatively recent introduction of sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors in the management of type 2 diabetes mellitus has led to increasing reports of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis. The mild elevation to near-normal levels of blood glucose can cause misdiagnosis or delay in initiating appropriate medical therapy, potentially resulting in adverse metabolic consequences. Clinicians should include in the differential diagnosis euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis when patients present with metabolic acidosis or ketosis while prescribed sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors.
Recommended Citation
Bednar R. Not So Sweet: Euglycemic Diabetic Ketoacidosis and Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitors. University of Lynchburg DMSc Doctoral Project Assignment Repository. 2020; 2(3).
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