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Sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 inhibitors and the risk of ketoacidosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A nationwide population-based cohort study.

Young Gun KimJa Young JeonSeung Jin HanDae-Jung KimKwan-Woo LeeHae Jin Kim
Published in: Diabetes, obesity & metabolism (2018)
We found that SGLT2 inhibitor treatment did not increase the risk of DKA compared with DPP-4 inhibitor treatment. Our findings suggest that patients prescribed diuretics or those with microvascular complications may have a greater tendency to be hospitalized for DKA.
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