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<h4>Background</h4>Euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis is a critical clinical presentation that can occur during treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors. However, little is known regarding how a low-carbohydrate diet in combination with this treatment can increase the risk for this condition. Here, we report a case of euglycemic diabetic ketoacidosis in a patient treated with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors after initiation of a low-carbohydrate diet.<h4>Case presentation</h4>A 54-year-old woman who was taking canagliflozin was transferred to our hospital with severe dyspnea. She had been started on a strict low-carbohydrate diet for 6 days before admission. Laboratory evaluation revealed severe ketoacidosis and a blood glucose level of 196 mg/dL. After her symptoms improved, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes mellitus.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Although low-carbohydrate diets are recommended for patients with diabetes mellitus, physicians should exercise great caution in recommending low-carbohydrate diets to patients undergoing treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors.

DOI： 10.1002/ams2.480

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BACKGROUND: In the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism (PE), the D-dimer threshold is based on studies conducted in Western countries, where the incidence rate is 5 times higher than that in Asian countries, including Japan. If we could elevate the D-dimer threshold based on the low pre-test probability in the Japanese population, we could omit the computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA) which might lead to radiation exposure and contrast-induced nephropathy. Therefore, we aimed to determine a new D-dimer threshold specific to Japanese individuals. METHODS: We conducted a retrospective cohort study at an emergency department in Japan, using medical charts collected from January 2013 to July 2017. We included patients whose D-dimer were measured for suspicion of PE with low or intermediate probability of PE and CTPA were performed. The primary outcome was failure rate of the new D-dimer threshold, defined as the rate of PE detected by CTPA among patients with D-dimer under the new threshold ranging from 1000 to 1500 μg/L by 100. The new D-dimer threshold was appropriate if the upper limit of 95% confidence interval of the failure rate of PE was approximately 3%. RESULTS: In 395 patients included, the number of patients with PE was 24 (the prevalence was 6.1%). If the D-dimer threshold was 1100 μg/L, the failure rate was 0% (0/119), the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval of the failure rate was 3.1%, and 30% (119/395) of the CTPA might be omitted. CONCLUSION: The new D-dimer threshold could safely exclude PE. This result can be generalized to other Asian populations with a lower incidence of PE. Further prospective studies will be needed.

DOI： 10.1186/s12245-019-0242-y

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Total pages：vii, 645p   Language：Japanese  

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