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Perioperative care
A practice question in the style of the AMC Part 1 MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A 61-year-old man with type 2 diabetes takes metformin and empagliflozin. He is booked for a bowel resection. When should empagliflozin be stopped?
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The answer is A: 2 days before and on the day of surgery.
SGLT2 inhibitors are withheld for 2 days before and on the day of surgery because of the risk of euglycaemic ketoacidosis.
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