NAFLD Flashcards
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CAUSE of CRYPTOGENIC CIRRHOSIS
🧠⚡Presents with CIRRHOSIS for 1st Time, no other cause for explaination ⚡
NASH / NAFLD
NAFLD is ASSOCIATED with
- Obesity
- Metabolic Syndrome
- HAIR-AN Syndrome
- Insulin Resistance
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON METABOLIC DISORDER IN WORLD
NAFLD / NASH
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE IN WEST
NAFLD / NASH
⚡⚡ MOST COMMON CAUSE of ASYMPTOMATIC LFT Derangement in OPD
NASH
Severity of NAFLD / NASH is directly proportional to
Level of Hedgehog pathway
Biopsy scoring system in NASH
NAS (NAFLD Activity Score)
NAS (NAFLD Activity Score)
Components
🧠⚡SBI ⚡
- Steatosis (0-3)
- Ballooning degeneration (0-2)
- Inflammation Lobular (0-3)
NAS (NAFLD Activity Score)
Score
0-2: No NASH
3-4: Probably NASH
≥ 5: NASH
Scoring system used for NASH
- ALT AST Ratio
- FIB4 Score
- BARD Score
- AST Platelet Ratio Index (APRI)
- NAFLD Fibrosis Score
BARD Score
BMI 1
AST ALT Ratio 2
DM type 2 1
💊💉 MANAGEMENT of NAFLD
- Weight Loss (Not Rapid)
✨ Drugs
🎯 Orlistat
🎯 Phentermine ➕ Topiramate
🎯 Buprenorphine ➕ Naltrexone
✨ Bariatric Surgery - Metformin, Pioglitazone, Pentoxyfylline
- Exercise: 10,000 steps/day (OR) 200 min/wk of Moderate Exercise
Rapid Weight Loss is ASSOCIATED with
Steatosis