Metabolic ketoacidosis with normal blood glucose: A rare complication of sodium–glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors
Author(s) -
Saad Ullah,
Noman Khan,
Hassan Zeb,
Hassan Tahir
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
sage open medical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2050-313X
DOI - 10.1177/2050313x16675259
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic ketoacidosis , ketoacidosis , canagliflozin , diabetes mellitus , complication , endocrinology , type 1 diabetes , type 2 diabetes mellitus , metabolic disorder
Ketoacidosis is a significant and often a life-threatening complication of diabetes mellitus seen mostly in type 1 diabetes mellitus as well as occasionally in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Diabetic ketoacidosis usually manifests with high blood glucose more than 250 mg/dL, but euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis is defined as ketoacidosis associated with blood glucose level less than 250 mg/dL. Normal blood glucose in such patients results in significant delay in diagnosis and management of diabetic ketoacidosis, thus increasing mortality and morbidity. We present a case of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis secondary to canagliflozin in a type 2 diabetic patient
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