The Belgian Association for Study of the Liver guidance document on the management of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent and associated with considerable liver-related and non-liver-related morbidity and mortality. There is, however, a lot of uncertainty on how to handle NAFLD in clinical practice. The current guidance document, compiled under the aegis of the Belgian Association for the Study of the Liver by a panel of experts in NAFLD, from a broad range of different specialties, covers many questions encountered in daily clinical practice regarding diagnosis, screening, therapy and follow-up. Guidance statements in this document are based on the av... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Francque, S
Lanthier, Nicolas
Verbeke, L
Reynaert, H
van Steenkiste, C
Vonghia, L
Kwanten, W J
Weyler, J
Trépo, E
Cassiman, D
Smets, Françoise
Komuta, Mina
Dirinck, E
Danse, Etienne
Op de Beeck, B
van Creanenbroeck, E
Van Nieuwenhove, T
Hubens, G
Geerts, A
Moreno, C
Driessen, A
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
Verlag/Hrsg.: Acta Medica Belgica
Schlagwörter: NAFLD / Guidance / Clinical practice / Screening algorithm / Treatment algorithm
Sprache: Englisch
Permalink: https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28876464
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Link(s) : http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/193830

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is highly prevalent and associated with considerable liver-related and non-liver-related morbidity and mortality. There is, however, a lot of uncertainty on how to handle NAFLD in clinical practice. The current guidance document, compiled under the aegis of the Belgian Association for the Study of the Liver by a panel of experts in NAFLD, from a broad range of different specialties, covers many questions encountered in daily clinical practice regarding diagnosis, screening, therapy and follow-up. Guidance statements in this document are based on the available evidence whenever possible. In case of absence of evidence or inconsistency of the data, guidance statements were formulated based on consensus of the expert panel. This guidance document is intended as a help for clinicians (general practitioners and all involved specialties) to implement the most recent evidence and insights in the field of NAFLD within a Belgian perspective.