Practice Guidelines
AASLD develops evidence-based practice guidelines, practice guidances, and patient guidances to share recommended approaches to the diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive aspects of care.
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AASLD guidelines use clinically relevant questions, which are then answered by systematic reviews of the literature, and followed by data-supported recommendations. The guidelines are developed by a multidisciplinary panel of experts who rate the quality (level) of the evidence and the strength of each recommendation using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation system.
AASLD guidance statements are put forward to help clinicians understand and implement the most recent evidence based on comprehensive review and analysis of the literature. Recently AASLD has published guidances on aspects of a topic that lacked sufficient data to perform systematic reviews.
AASLD also develops quality measures to help its members measure or quantify healthcare processes and outcomes that are associated with the ability to provide high-quality health care. AASLD’s
Cirrhosis Quality Collaborative network combines quality improvement and research to improve the care and treatment outcomes of patients with cirrhosis.
Guidelines and Guidance by Disease
Acute Liver Failure, Management
Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease
Ascites, Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis and Hepatorenal Syndrome, Management
Autoimmune Hepatitis, Management
Drug, Herbal, and Dietary Supplement-induced Liver Injury
Hemochromatosis, Management
Hepatic Encephalopathy
Hepatitis B, Chronic
Hepatitis C, Guidance
Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Management
Liver Biopsy
Liver Transplantation, Evaluation of the Adult Patient
Liver Transplantation, Evaluation of the Pediatric Patient
Long-Term Management of the Adult Liver Transplant
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Long-Term Management of the Pediatric Liver Transplant
Malnutrition, Frailty, and Sarcopenia in Patients with Cirrhosis
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Diagnosis and Management
Palliative Care and Symptom-Based Management for Decompensated Cirrhosis
Portal Hypertension Bleeding in Cirrhosis, Guidance
Portal Hypertension, Management and Tips
Primary Biliary Cholangitis
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis and Cholangiocarcinoma
Reproductive Health and Liver Disease
Vascular Disorders of the Liver
Wilson Disease, Diagnosis and Treatment
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Quality MeasuresQuality measures are a tool for providers and institutions to evaluate their care quality, drive quality improvement, and deliver high-value patient care
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Patient GuidelinesPatient Guidances are adaptations of published AASLD guidances which are written specifically for patients to help them understand their liver disease. Clinicians may also provide these patient guidances to their patients as a resource during consultations.
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Citing Practice Guidelines and Guidances
AASLD practice guidelines and guidances are copyright protected. One copy may be accessed for personal research, scientific, scholarly or informational purposes and may be transmitted to a third-party colleague in hard copy or electronically for similar use. One figure, table or brief excerpt less than 400 words may be used in one’s scientific, scholarly and educational work with appropriate credit.
Permission is required to reproduce more than one figure, table, or section over 400 words or complete practice guidelines and guidances for systematic redistribution. Re-sale and posting AASLD practice guidelines and guidances on other websites are not allowed; however, linking to these documents is permitted. Contact
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Conflict of Interest
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