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Early Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter-2 Inhibitor Use After Acute Kidney Injury in Type 2 Diabetes.

Article B Peer reviewed Small trial

Key takeaways

In 12,456 adults with type 2 diabetes who had severe acute kidney injury requiring dialysis, those who started SGLT-2 inhibitors within 30 days after leaving the hospital had a lower risk of kidney failure or death over about two years, compared with those who started between 31 and 90 days.

Who did this work

Chou YT · Chen JY · Jiang ZH · Lin LC · Wu VC

Source

Article · PubMed, CKD nutrition RCTs · 2026 Aug 3
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42658493/