American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases Guidelines

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Conditions: Acute liver failure (ALF) due to:Acetaminophen hepatotoxicityMushroom poisoningDrug-induced hepatotoxicityViral hepatitisWilson diseaseAutoimmune hepatitisAcute fatty liver of pregnancy/hemolysis elevated liver enzymes low platelets (HELLP) syndromeAcute ischemic injuryBudd-Chiari syndromeMalignant infiltrationIndeterminate etiology
Published Date: 2005 May
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Conditions: Chronic liver failure from:Chronic noncholestatic liver disorders (e.g. hepatitis C hepatitis B autoimmune hepatitis alcoholic cirrhosis)Cholestatic liver disorders (e.g. primary biliary cirrhosis; primary sclerosing cholangitis; childhood cholestatic disease including biliary atresia Alagille syndrome and cystic fibrosis)Metabolic disorders (e.g. alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency Wilson disease nonalcoholic steatohepatitis and cryptogenic cirrhosis hereditary hemochromatosis neonatal hemochromatosis tyrosinemia and glycogen storage diseaseMetabolic disorders with severe extrahepatic manifestations (e.g. amyloidosis hyperoxaluria urea cycle defects disorders of branched-chain amino acids)Hepatic malignancies (e.g. hepatocellular carcinoma [HCC] hepatoblastoma fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma hemangioendothelioma cholangiocarcinoma)Acute liver failure (fulminant hepatic failure [FHF]) of any causeOther end-stage liver disease (e.g. Budd-Chiari syndrome metastatic neuroendocrine tumors and polycystic disease
Published Date: 2000 Jan (revised 2005 Jun)
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Category: Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Preventive Medicine
Conditions: Chronic hepatitis B
Published Date: 2001 Dec (revised 2007 Feb; addendum released 2007 Jun)
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Conditions: Wilson disease (WD; hepatolenticular degeneration)
Published Date: 2003 Jun (revised 2008 Jun)
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Conditions: Hepatitis C
Published Date: 2004 Apr
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Category: Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine
Conditions: Ascites caused by cirrhosis
Published Date: 1998 Jan (revised 2004 Mar)
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Category: Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine, Oncology, Pathology, Radiation Oncology, Surgery
Conditions: Hepatocellular carcinoma
Published Date: 2005 Nov
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Category: Family Practice, Gastroenterology, Internal Medicine, Radiology
Conditions: Complications of portal hypertension including:Development of esophago-gastric varicesEsophageal variceal rebleedingBleeding from gastric varicesPortal hypertensive gastropathy AscitesRefractory hepatic hydrothoraxHepatorenal syndromeHepatic encephalopathyPorto-pulmonary hypertensionHepatopulmonary syndrome
Published Date: 2005 Feb
Published by: American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases