Address SGLT2 Inhibitor Use in the Hospital

September 2022

You’ll need to ensure appropriate use of SGLT2 inhibitors (empagliflozin, etc)...as more hospitals add these meds to formulary.

It’s partly because guidelines for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) now recommend “quad therapy”...adding an SGLT2 inhibitor (SGLT2i) to triple therapy, regardless of diabetes.

Plus guidelines suggest an SGLT2i for patients with heart failure with mildly reduced EF (HFmrEF) or preserved EF (HFpEF).

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