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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">JPSIM</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Journal of Pakistan Society of Internal Medicine</journal-title>
        <abbrev-title>J Pak Soc Intern Med</abbrev-title>
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      <issn publication-format="print">2709-8729</issn>
      <issn publication-format="electronic">2710-0804</issn>
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      <article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.70302/jpsim.v7i2.2619</article-id>
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          <subject>Review Article</subject>
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        <article-title>SGLT2 Inhibitors: A Modern Approach to Cardio-Renal-Metabolic Protection</article-title>
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          <name>
            <surname>Haroon</surname>
            <given-names>Mushtaq</given-names>
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          <email>profmharoon@gmail.com</email>
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          <xref ref-type="corresp" rid="cor1">*</xref>
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        <institution>Punjab Kidney &amp; Liver Institute and Research Centre, Lahore, Pakistan</institution>
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        <corresp id="cor1">*Correspondence: Mushtaq Haroon (profmharoon@gmail.com)</corresp>
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      <pub-date date-type="pub" publication-format="electronic" iso-8601-date="2026-06-03">
        <day>03</day>
        <month>06</month>
        <year>2026</year>
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      <pub-date date-type="collection" publication-format="electronic">
        <year>2026</year>
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      <volume>7</volume>
      <issue>2</issue>
      <fpage>97</fpage>
      <lpage>100</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2026-02-13">
          <day>13</day>
          <month>02</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="rev-recd" iso-8601-date="2026-04-29">
          <day>29</day>
          <month>04</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2026-05-02">
          <day>02</day>
          <month>05</month>
          <year>2026</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <permissions>
        <copyright-statement>Copyright © 2026 The Author(s)</copyright-statement>
        <copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
        <copyright-holder>The Author(s)</copyright-holder>
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          <license-p>This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</license-p>
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        <p>Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors have emerged as an important therapeutic class offering significant cardio-renal-metabolic protection beyond glycaemic control in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Initially developed as glucose-lowering agents, these drugs are now recognized for their beneficial effects on heart failure, chronic kidney disease, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). By inhibiting renal glucose and sodium reabsorption in the proximal tubule, SGLT2 inhibitors promote glucosuria, natriuresis, osmotic diuresis, and restoration of tubuloglomerular feedback, leading to improved cardiovascular and renal outcomes. Clinical studies have demonstrated reductions in albuminuria, slowing of chronic kidney disease progression, and decreased hospitalization for heart failure in both diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Emerging evidence also supports their role in improving hepatic steatosis, liver enzyme abnormalities, and metabolic parameters in patients with MASLD and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH). Their application in compensated cirrhosis and refractory ascites is increasingly being explored, although caution is necessary in advanced liver disease because of risks related to volume depletion, renal dysfunction, electrolyte disturbances, and infections. Overall, SGLT2 inhibitors represent a modern multidimensional therapeutic approach with expanding applications across cardiovascular, renal, and hepatic medicine.</p>
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