Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

Arab, Juan Pablo - Dirchwolf, Melisa - Álvares-da-Silva, Mário Reis - Barrera, Francisco - Chiodi, Daniela - Gerona, Solange - Hernández, Nelia

Resumen:

Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) currently represents an epidemic worldwide. NAFLD is the most frequently diagnosed chronic liver disease, affecting 20-30% of the general population. Furthermore, its prevalence is predicted to increase exponentially in the next decades, concomitantly with the global epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and sedentary lifestyle. NAFLD is a clinical syndrome that encompasses a wide spectrum of associated diseases and hepatic complications such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Moreover, this disease is believed to become the main indication for liver transplantation in the near future. Since NAFLD management represents a growing challenge for primary care physicians, the Asociación Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Hígado (ALEH) has decided to organize this Practice Guidance for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, written by Latin-American specialists in different clinical areas, and destined to general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, endocrinologists, diabetologists, gastroenterologists, and hepatologists. The main purpose of this document is to improve patient care and awareness of NAFLD. The information provided in this guidance may also be useful in assisting stakeholders in the decision-making process related to NAFLD. Since new evidence is constantly emerging on different aspects of the disease, updates to this guideline will be required in future.

Detalles Bibliográficos
2020
Cirrhosis
Clinical practice guidance
Fatty liver
MAFLD
NAFLD
NASH
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Steatosis
ALGORITMOS
HUMANOS
ENFERMEDAD DEL HÍGADO GRASO NO ALCOHÓLICO
DIAGNÓSTICO
TERAPÉUTICA
Inglés
Universidad de la República
COLIBRI
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dc.contributor.filiacion.none.fl_str_mv Arab Juan Pablo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile). Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Gastroenterología
Dirchwolf Melisa, Hospital Privado de Rosario (Argentina). Servicio de Hepatología. Unidad de Trasplante Hepático
Álvares-da-Silva Mário Reis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil). Escola de Medicina. Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. Division Hepatologia
Barrera Francisco, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile). Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de Gastroenterología
Chiodi Daniela, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas
Gerona Solange, Hospital de Fuerzas Armadas (Uruguay). Servicio de Enfermedades Hepáticas
Hernández Nelia, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de Clínicas
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Dirchwolf, Melisa
Álvares-da-Silva, Mário Reis
Barrera, Francisco
Chiodi, Daniela
Gerona, Solange
Hernández, Nelia
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dc.description.abstract.none.fl_txt_mv Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) currently represents an epidemic worldwide. NAFLD is the most frequently diagnosed chronic liver disease, affecting 20-30% of the general population. Furthermore, its prevalence is predicted to increase exponentially in the next decades, concomitantly with the global epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and sedentary lifestyle. NAFLD is a clinical syndrome that encompasses a wide spectrum of associated diseases and hepatic complications such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Moreover, this disease is believed to become the main indication for liver transplantation in the near future. Since NAFLD management represents a growing challenge for primary care physicians, the Asociación Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Hígado (ALEH) has decided to organize this Practice Guidance for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, written by Latin-American specialists in different clinical areas, and destined to general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, endocrinologists, diabetologists, gastroenterologists, and hepatologists. The main purpose of this document is to improve patient care and awareness of NAFLD. The information provided in this guidance may also be useful in assisting stakeholders in the decision-making process related to NAFLD. Since new evidence is constantly emerging on different aspects of the disease, updates to this guideline will be required in future.
dc.description.es.fl_txt_mv Juan Pablo Arab 1, Melisa Dirchwolf 2, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva 3, Francisco Barrera 4, Carlos Benítez 5, Marlene Castellanos-Fernandez 6, Graciela Castro-Narro 7, Norberto Chavez-Tapia 8, Daniela Chiodi 9, Helma Cotrim 10, Kenneth Cusi 11, Claudia Pinto Marques Souza de Oliveira 12, Javier Díaz 13, Eduardo Fassio 14, Solange Gerona 15, Marcos Girala 16, Nelia Hernandez 17, Sebastián Marciano 18, Walter Masson 19, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez 20, Nathalie Leite 21, Adelina Lozano 22, Martín Padilla 23, Arturo Panduro 24, Raymundo Paraná 25, Edison Parise 26, Marlene Perez 27, Jaime Poniachik 28, Juan Carlos Restrepo 29, Andrés Ruf 30, Marcelo Silva 31, Martín Tagle 32, Monica Tapias 33, Kenia Torres 34, Eduardo Vilar-Gomez 35, José Eduardo Costa Gil 36, Adrian Gadano 37, Marco Arrese 38
Affiliations 1Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: jparab@uc.cl. 2Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Electronic address: mdirchwolf@outlook.com. 3Hepatology Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil; School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Graduate Program in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: marioreis@live.com. 4Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: fjbarrer@gmail.com. 5Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: benitezc@gmail.com. 6Department of Research and Teaching, National Institute of Gastroenterology, Havana, Cuba. Electronic address: mcastell@infomed.sld.cu. 7Gastroenterology Department, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition "Salvador Zubirán", Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: gracastron@hotmail.com. 8Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: khavez@gmail.com. 9Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: chiodi.pd@gmail.com. 10School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: helmacotrim@gmail.com. 11Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: kcusi@ufl.edu. 12Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Division, Hepatology Branch, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: cpm@usp.br. 13Departamento del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: jodf13@hotmail.com. 14Sección Hígado, Vías Biliares y Páncreas, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: efassio@intramed.net. 15Liver Unit, Hospital de Fuerzas Armadas, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: solange.gerona@gmail.com. 16Hospital de Clínicas, Asunción, Paraguay. Electronic address: marcosgirala@yahoo.com. 17Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: hernandez.nelia@gmail.com. 18Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: sebastian.marciano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 19Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: walter.masson@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 20Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: nmendez@medicasur.org.mx. 21School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department and Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: nathaliecleite@gmail.com. 22Unidad de Hígado, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: adeloza@hotmail.com. 23Hospital Guillermo Almenara, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: pmartinpadilla@gmail.com. 24Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Electronic address: apanduro@prodigy.net.mx. 25School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: unif@svn.com.br. 26Department of Gastroenterology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: parise@sbhepatologia.org.br. 27Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Electronic address: marleneperfig@gmail.com. 28Sección de Gastroenterología, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: jaime_poniachik@yahoo.es. 29Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Program, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe-Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; Grupo Gastrohepatologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad of Antioquía UdeA, Medellin, Colombia. Electronic address: juan.restrepo2@udea.edu.co. 30Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Electronic address: aeruf@hotmail.com. 31Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Argentina. Electronic address: MSILVA@cas.austral.edu.ar. 32Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: Martintagle@gmail.com. 33Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: monictapias@yahoo.com. 34Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Electronic address: drakeniatorres05@gmail.com. 35Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: evilar@iu.edu. 36Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: jecostagil@hotmail.com. 37Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: adrian.gadano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 38Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: marrese@med.puc.cl.
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Clinical practice guidance
Fatty liver
MAFLD
NAFLD
NASH
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Steatosis
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HUMANOS
ENFERMEDAD DEL HÍGADO GRASO NO ALCOHÓLICO
DIAGNÓSTICO
TERAPÉUTICA
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spelling Arab Juan Pablo, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile). Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de GastroenterologíaDirchwolf Melisa, Hospital Privado de Rosario (Argentina). Servicio de Hepatología. Unidad de Trasplante HepáticoÁlvares-da-Silva Mário Reis, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (Brasil). Escola de Medicina. Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre. Division HepatologiaBarrera Francisco, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Chile). Facultad de Medicina. Departamento de GastroenterologíaChiodi Daniela, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de ClínicasGerona Solange, Hospital de Fuerzas Armadas (Uruguay). Servicio de Enfermedades HepáticasHernández Nelia, Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Medicina. Hospital de ClínicasAMÉRICA LATINA2026-06-25T17:01:00Z2026-06-25T17:01:00Z2020Arab J, Dirchwolf M, Álvares-da-Silva M y otros. Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Annals of Hepatology [en línea]. 2020;19(6):674-690https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12008/5571610.1016/j.aohep.2020.09.0062659-5982Juan Pablo Arab 1, Melisa Dirchwolf 2, Mário Reis Álvares-da-Silva 3, Francisco Barrera 4, Carlos Benítez 5, Marlene Castellanos-Fernandez 6, Graciela Castro-Narro 7, Norberto Chavez-Tapia 8, Daniela Chiodi 9, Helma Cotrim 10, Kenneth Cusi 11, Claudia Pinto Marques Souza de Oliveira 12, Javier Díaz 13, Eduardo Fassio 14, Solange Gerona 15, Marcos Girala 16, Nelia Hernandez 17, Sebastián Marciano 18, Walter Masson 19, Nahum Méndez-Sánchez 20, Nathalie Leite 21, Adelina Lozano 22, Martín Padilla 23, Arturo Panduro 24, Raymundo Paraná 25, Edison Parise 26, Marlene Perez 27, Jaime Poniachik 28, Juan Carlos Restrepo 29, Andrés Ruf 30, Marcelo Silva 31, Martín Tagle 32, Monica Tapias 33, Kenia Torres 34, Eduardo Vilar-Gomez 35, José Eduardo Costa Gil 36, Adrian Gadano 37, Marco Arrese 38Affiliations 1Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: jparab@uc.cl. 2Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Electronic address: mdirchwolf@outlook.com. 3Hepatology Division, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre, Brazil; School of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil; Graduate Program in Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil. Electronic address: marioreis@live.com. 4Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: fjbarrer@gmail.com. 5Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: benitezc@gmail.com. 6Department of Research and Teaching, National Institute of Gastroenterology, Havana, Cuba. Electronic address: mcastell@infomed.sld.cu. 7Gastroenterology Department, National Institute of Medical Sciences and Nutrition "Salvador Zubirán", Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: gracastron@hotmail.com. 8Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: khavez@gmail.com. 9Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: chiodi.pd@gmail.com. 10School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: helmacotrim@gmail.com. 11Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. Electronic address: kcusi@ufl.edu. 12Department of Gastroenterology, Clinical Division, Hepatology Branch, University of São Paulo School of Medicine, São Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: cpm@usp.br. 13Departamento del Aparato Digestivo, Hospital Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, EsSalud, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: jodf13@hotmail.com. 14Sección Hígado, Vías Biliares y Páncreas, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Nacional Profesor Alejandro Posadas, El Palomar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: efassio@intramed.net. 15Liver Unit, Hospital de Fuerzas Armadas, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: solange.gerona@gmail.com. 16Hospital de Clínicas, Asunción, Paraguay. Electronic address: marcosgirala@yahoo.com. 17Hospital de Clínicas, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Electronic address: hernandez.nelia@gmail.com. 18Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: sebastian.marciano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 19Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: walter.masson@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 20Liver Research Unit, Medica Sur Clinic & Foundation, Mexico City, Mexico. Electronic address: nmendez@medicasur.org.mx. 21School of Medicine, Internal Medicine Department and Clementino Fraga Filho University Hospital, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Electronic address: nathaliecleite@gmail.com. 22Unidad de Hígado, Servicio de Gastroenterología, Hospital Nacional Arzobispo Loayza, Lima, Peru; Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: adeloza@hotmail.com. 23Hospital Guillermo Almenara, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: pmartinpadilla@gmail.com. 24Department of Molecular Biology in Medicine, Civil Hospital of Guadalajara, Fray Antonio Alcalde, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. Electronic address: apanduro@prodigy.net.mx. 25School of Medicine, Federal University of Bahia, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Electronic address: unif@svn.com.br. 26Department of Gastroenterology, Federal University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Electronic address: parise@sbhepatologia.org.br. 27Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Electronic address: marleneperfig@gmail.com. 28Sección de Gastroenterología, Hospital Clínico Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: jaime_poniachik@yahoo.es. 29Hepatobiliary and Liver Transplant Program, Hospital Pablo Tobon Uribe-Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; Grupo Gastrohepatologia, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad of Antioquía UdeA, Medellin, Colombia. Electronic address: juan.restrepo2@udea.edu.co. 30Unidad de Trasplante Hepático, Servicio de Hepatología, Hospital Privado de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina. Electronic address: aeruf@hotmail.com. 31Hepatology and Liver Transplant Unit, Hospital Universitario Austral, Pilar, Argentina. Electronic address: MSILVA@cas.austral.edu.ar. 32Facultad de Medicina Alberto Hurtado, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Lima, Peru. Electronic address: Martintagle@gmail.com. 33Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, Colombia. Electronic address: monictapias@yahoo.com. 34Hospital General de la Plaza de la Salud, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. Electronic address: drakeniatorres05@gmail.com. 35Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. Electronic address: evilar@iu.edu. 36Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad Favaloro, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: jecostagil@hotmail.com. 37Liver Unit, Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Electronic address: adrian.gadano@hospitalitaliano.org.ar. 38Departamento de Gastroenterología, Escuela de Medicina, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. Electronic address: marrese@med.puc.cl.Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) currently represents an epidemic worldwide. NAFLD is the most frequently diagnosed chronic liver disease, affecting 20-30% of the general population. Furthermore, its prevalence is predicted to increase exponentially in the next decades, concomitantly with the global epidemic of obesity, type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), and sedentary lifestyle. NAFLD is a clinical syndrome that encompasses a wide spectrum of associated diseases and hepatic complications such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). Moreover, this disease is believed to become the main indication for liver transplantation in the near future. Since NAFLD management represents a growing challenge for primary care physicians, the Asociación Latinoamericana para el Estudio del Hígado (ALEH) has decided to organize this Practice Guidance for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, written by Latin-American specialists in different clinical areas, and destined to general practitioners, internal medicine specialists, endocrinologists, diabetologists, gastroenterologists, and hepatologists. The main purpose of this document is to improve patient care and awareness of NAFLD. The information provided in this guidance may also be useful in assisting stakeholders in the decision-making process related to NAFLD. 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spellingShingle Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Arab, Juan Pablo
Cirrhosis
Clinical practice guidance
Fatty liver
MAFLD
NAFLD
NASH
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Steatosis
ALGORITMOS
HUMANOS
ENFERMEDAD DEL HÍGADO GRASO NO ALCOHÓLICO
DIAGNÓSTICO
TERAPÉUTICA
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title Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
title_full Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
title_fullStr Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
title_full_unstemmed Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
title_short Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
title_sort Latin American Association for the study of the liver (ALEH) practice guidance for the diagnosis and treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
topic Cirrhosis
Clinical practice guidance
Fatty liver
MAFLD
NAFLD
NASH
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis
Steatosis
ALGORITMOS
HUMANOS
ENFERMEDAD DEL HÍGADO GRASO NO ALCOHÓLICO
DIAGNÓSTICO
TERAPÉUTICA
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