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Assessment of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH) Severity in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty
#Diagnosis #Pathology #NAFLD #NASH #Fibrosis #Staging
Assessment of Nonalcoholic ... Patients With Nonalcoholic ... Fatty #Diagnosis ... #Pathology #NAFLD
Histologic Features and Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is a potentially progressive type of nonalcoholic
Prevalence of Nonalcoholic ... progressive type of nonalcoholic ... fatty liver disease ... (NAFLD). ... Epidemiology #NASH #NAFLD
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis. Various factors, including inflammation, hyperinsulinemia or insulin resistance, and altered lipid homeostasis,
Pathogenesis of Nonalcoholic ... to develop in fatty ... #GI #IM #NASH #NAFLD
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
Non-alcoholic fatty ... patients with NAFLD ... non-alcoholic fatty ... #NonAlcoholic #FattyLiver ... #Disease #NAFLD
NAFLD Diagnosis Algorithm
Two-step diagnostic strategy for NAFLD
1st step: 
  - Clinical biomarkers, scoring systems- FIB4,
NAFLD Diagnosis ... systems- FIB4, NAFLD ... elastography #NonAlcoholic ... #Fatty #Liver # ... Disease #NAFLD #
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
presence of suspected NAFLD ... non-alcoholic fatty ... Diagnosis #NASH #NAFLD ... #Nonalcoholic #
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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Function Tests (LFTs ... 100-500): • NAFLD ... Function #Tests #LFTs
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) - Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Suspicion:
    ≤ 1 feature of
Non-Alcoholic Fatty ... Liver Disease (NAFLD ... NFS ≥ -1.455 #NonAlcoholic ... #Fatty #Liver # ... Disease #NAFLD #
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Hemochromatosis • NAFLD ... ALT < 5x ULN • NAFLD ... • Others #LFTs
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Hemochromatosis - Nonalcoholic ... fatty liver disease