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Nice | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD

26th August 2016 by Louise Hudman

Nice | Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease NAFLD

This is a new guideline from NICE on non alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in children, young people and adults.

To be honest, I don’t think this guideline is terribly helpful. I’ve done a brief summary, then more detailed notes. In summary:

Adults

There is no advice on who to test to diagnose NAFLD, nor what tests to use in diagnosis. Once diagnosed, there should be an assessment for ‘advanced liver fibrosis’. NICE advises using the ‘enhanced liver fibrosis test’ to do this. People scoring highly will need specialist referral. Others will need retesting regularly.

Children

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