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Normal Blood Sugar, But Still in DKA? The Hidden Danger of Euglycemic Ketoacidosis

Euglycemic DKA SGLT2 inhibitor concept showing normal blood glucose, elevated ketones, medication, and kidney model.

Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis can challenge one of the most familiar clinical shortcuts in diabetes care: DKA should come with markedly elevated glucose. In patients taking sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, however, dangerous ketoacidosis may develop while glucose remains normal or only modestly elevated. As a result, euglycemic DKA in patients …

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