A 64-year-old scheduled for elective colectomy is taking empagliflozin for HFpEF and diabetes. According to perioperative guidance, how should this dr...

Question

A 64-year-old scheduled for elective colectomy is taking empagliflozin for HFpEF and diabetes. According to perioperative guidance, how should this drug be managed?

Accepted Answer

Stop 3-4 days before surgery

Answer

Continue through the morning of surgery

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Hold only on the day of surgery

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Stop 7 days before surgery

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Continue and add basal insulin night before

us-abim MCQ (SBA): Perioperative Medicine

A 64-year-old scheduled for elective colectomy is taking empagliflozin for HFpEF and diabetes. According to perioperative guidance, how should this drug be managed?