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Clinical path released for NAFLD and NASH

This pathway outlines a four-step screening process for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NAFLD) and non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

A new clinical pathway is available to clinicians managing patients with non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NAFLD) / non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH).

According to the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA), this includes primary care, endocrinology, obesity medicine, and gastroenterology practices. AGA, in collaboration with other professional associations such as the American Diabetes Association, the American Osteopathic Society, the Endocrine Society, and the Obesity Society, says the group is “value-based, efficient, and safe,” the NAFLD / NASH clinical pathway. Was developed. Care that is consistent with evidence-based guidelines, and prepares for future research to examine the outcome of such pathways. “

NAFLD is primarily an asymptomatic asymptomatic disease with an increasing incidence. About 37% of adults in the United States and 70% of people with type 2 diabetes (T2D) have NAFLD. NASH is a subtype of NAFLD, characterized by inflammation, ballooning, and Mallory vitreous on liver biopsy.It is liver fibrosis, cirrhosis, and Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC).

Route overview NAFLD / NASH 4-step screening process:

Clinically important liver fibrosis (fibrosis stage 2) to prevent disease progression, including patients with T2D, patients with two or more metabolic risk factors, and patients with accidental elevated fatty liver or aminotransferases. Identify the patient (above).
It screens all patients at risk for alcohol use and provides liver function tests (or a comprehensive metabolic panel) and complete blood count as part of the initial screening process.
A simple non-proprietary fibrosis score is used to perform a non-invasive test in patients at risk for clinically significant liver fibrosis.
Referral to a specialist for patients with inconsistent or uncertain (8.0-12.0 kPa) liver stiffness measurements (LSM) for further diagnostic evaluation such as liver biopsy and magnetic resonance elastography (MRE).

Due to the complexity of care caused by obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease (CVD), and NALFD with fibrosis, care should be managed by an interdisciplinary team. Early interventions are aimed at preventing the occurrence of deaths from cirrhosis and all liver-related causes in a shared decision-making environment.

In addition, providers must also strive to help patients reverse the metabolic tendencies of CVD, which is a major cause of morbidity and mortality, before cirrhosis begins.

This pathway shows what is needed for both low-risk and high-risk patients.

Patients at low risk of advanced fibrosis should be managed using therapeutic lifestyle interventions such as weight loss, nutritional strategies, stress management, regular exercise, and avoidance of excessive alcohol intake. According to the route, low-risk populations do not require specific medications targeting fatty liver.

Patients with high-risk progressive fibrosis should be managed by an interdisciplinary team closely coordinated by a hepatologist who can monitor cirrhosis, hepatocellular carcinoma, and other cirrhosis-related complications. Lifestyle changes aimed at long-term weight loss need to be more aggressive at this stage, including formal weight loss programs and, in some cases, increased use of surgery.

Patients with an uncertain risk of progressive disease should be managed using a similar approach to high-risk patients, with additional diagnosis to confirm the stage of cirrhosis. In some cases, proprietary plasma biomarker tests or additional image-based fibrosis measurement studies may be used for staging fibrosis.

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Clinical path released for NAFLD and NASH