You can live a normal life with liver disease, especially if it is identified and treated appropriately in the early stages. Many people with early-stage liver disease, such as inflammation or mild fibrosis, can live a normal life by adopting healthy behaviors, following medical advice, and avo...
The word 'cirrhosis' comes from the Greek for 'yellowish' because in advanced stages of this disease, the liver turns a yellow-tan color. Steatosis & Steatohepatitis Icterus and Jaundice Lesson Summary Vocabulary Review Learning Outcomes Register to view this lesson Are you a student or a ...
Fatty liver or hepatic steatosis is increasingly diagnosed worldwide. In addition to histology, noninvasive techniques, such as ultrasound, computerized tomography magnetic resonance imaging and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy, can be used to detect this disease [1]. A Japanese study showed that ...
Chronic liver disease is responsible for significant morbidity and mortality worldwide. Abdominal computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can fully visualise the liver and adjacent structures in the upper abdomen providing a reprodu
On March 14, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted accelerated approval of Madrigal Pharmaceuticals’ resmetirom (brand name Rezdiffra) as the first medication formetabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), or advanced fatty liver disease. ...
While the GBD study uses the term Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD), we follow the updated terminology from the June 2023 multi-society consensus, referring to these conditions as MASLD and MASH. Incidence was defined as the number of new cases within a specified time frame, presented...
Background: Metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) is a recently terminology to refer to the diseases within the field of fatty liver disease. The aim of this study is to evaluate the value of transient elastography (TE) in MAFLD patients and its correlation with...
The Unified Medical Language System (UMLS): integrating biomedical terminology. Nucleic Acids Res. 2004;32:267–70. 40. Zhang Y, Yang C, Wang S, Chen T, Li M, Wang X, et al. LiverAtlas: a unique integrated knowledge database for systems-level research of liver and hepatic disease. ...
Over-diagnosis is a major issue in modern healthcare that can lead to harmful and costly outcomes. It can be caused by 2 factors: over-detection and over-definition of disease. Over-detection happens when medical professionals detect abnormalities that will not cause any harm to the patient or...
Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD), previously termed nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), poses a significant global health challenge due to its increasing prevalence and strong association with cardiovascular disease (CVD). This comprehensive review summarizes the current...