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| NASH Fibrosis Risk (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) TreeCalc |
The EBMcalc module NASH Fibrosis Risk (Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis) TreeCalc is available in EBMcalc Complete Edition.
This Decision TreeCalc evaluates the following decision points:
- Patient age
- Does the patient have either obesity or diabetes mellitus?
- Check AST/ALT ratio
Decision Tree end points include:
- 0% Fibrosis risk
- 4% Fibrosis risk
- 50% Fibrosis risk (1 of 2 patients in category)
- 12% Fibrosis risk
- 13% Fibrosis risk
- 47% Fibrosis risk
- 66% Fibrosis risk
References
- Angulo P, Keach JC, Batts KP, Lindor KD. Independent predictors of liver fibrosis in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology. 1999; 30: 1356-62. PubMed ID: 10573511
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