Diabetes Medication May Increase Risk of Perioperative Ketoacidosis
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)In the study, appearing April 30 in JAMA Surgery, patients treated with SGLT2i had a small but significantly higher risk of postoperative euglycemic ketoacidosis but a lower risk of postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) and mortality at 30 days post-surgery.