All Liver disease articles
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Top tipsTop tips: alcohol dependency
Dr Stephen Willott provides 10 top tips for assessing alcohol dependency in primary care including how to manage patients presenting in crisis
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Test and reflect
Best practice in interpreting plasma protein tests
This CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on plasma protein testing.
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Hot topic
Plasma protein tests: how to interpret abnormal results
Dr Jez Thompson describes the range of plasma protein tests available in primary care and explains what abnormal results might indicate
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Animation
Animation on the decompensated cirrhosis care bundle—the first 24 hours
This Guidelines in Practice animation has been commissioned and funded by Norgine Pharmaceuticals Limited and developed in partnership with Guidelines in Practice. Watch this short animation to learn about appropriate investigations that should be undertaken, and initial management and
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Test and reflect
BSG guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests
This CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on liver blood tests—you will then be prompted to reflect on your learning.
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Implementing guidelines
Liver blood tests: how to interpret abnormal results
Dr Jez Thompson highlights the key recommendations from the British Society of Gastroenterology on liver blood tests and early detection of liver disease
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News
Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests updated by BSG
The British Society of Gastroenterology has published updated Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests.
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Test and reflect
Best practice on primary biliary cholangitis
This CPD activity consists of 5 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) designed to test your knowledge on primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) in primary care—you will then be prompted to reflect on your learning.
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Implementing guidelines
Primary biliary cholangitis needs structured, life-long management
Dr Jez Thompson discusses the European Association for the Study of the Liver guideline on diagnosis and management of patients with this progressive, long-term condition
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Implementing guidelines
Identifying people at risk of liver disease progression is crucial
Drs Rachel Pryke and Iain Brew (pictured) discuss NICE guidance on liver disease and cirrhosis, and the importance of making a diagnosis before the onset of complications
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Hot topic
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: what is the role of primary care?
Vi Nguyen, Jiawei Li, and Dr Jude Oben (pictured) discuss the causes and diagnosis of NAFLD, and the need for a holistic, multidisciplinary, and individualised approach for optimal disease management
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Implementing guidelines
NICE outlines how to treat alcohol-related physical conditions
Dr Stephen Stewart and Dr Sharon Swain explain how the NICE guideline on the management of alcohol-related physical complications aims to raise standards of care
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Hot topic
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can be effectively managed in primary care
Early detection of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by GPs can mitigate morbidity and mortality and improve outcomes for patients, say Teruni Muthuveloe and Dr Jane Wilcock
