NAFLD screening falls short of guidelines for children with obesity

Sumary of NAFLD screening falls short of guidelines for children with obesity:

Most children with obesity who are at high risk for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease are not being screened, possibly leading to underdiagnosis of the condition, according to a speaker at ObesityWeek Interactive..
Alyson Goodman, MD, MPH, medical epidemiologist in the division of nutrition, physical activity and obesity at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, told Healio..
Goodman and colleagues created an algorithm to analyze 2017 data from the IQVIA Ambulatory Electronic Medical Record..
Children aged 2 to 19 years with at least one recorded BMI were included in the study, with BMI calculated using same-day height and weight measurements..
ALT results, NAFLD diagnostic codes and medication orders were collected for 1 year before and 1 year after the recorded BMI date in 2017….

From Healio - November 9, 2020May 9, 2021

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