EASL clinical practice guidelines: non-invasive liver tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis

Ann J Archer; Katherine J Belfield; James G Orr; Fiona H Gordon; Kushala Wm Abeysekera

doi:10.1136/flgastro-2021-102064

EASL clinical practice guidelines: non-invasive liver tests for evaluation of liver disease severity and prognosis

Frontline Gastroenterol. 2022 Feb 15;13(5):436-439. doi: 10.1136/flgastro-2021-102064. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Ann J Archer^{1

2}, Katherine J Belfield^{1

3}, James G Orr¹, Fiona H Gordon¹, Kushala Wm Abeysekera^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Liver Medicine, University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, UK.
² Population Health Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
³ School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.

Abstract

The European Association for the Study of the Liver has recently published updated guidelines on the use of non-invasive tests to identify and stratify chronic liver disease. Here, we provide a summary of the key recommendations from the guideline.

Keywords: alcoholic liver disease; hepatic fibrosis; liver function test; non-alcoholic steatohepatitis; screening.