Liver Disease Clinical Care Guidelines
More than 10 percent of people with cystic fibrosis have CF liver disease, and this number could increase as people with CF live longer. Clinical care guidelines for CF liver disease cover:
- Clinical features of liver disease
- Diagnostic evaluation
- Screening for liver disease
- Management of liver disease, portal hypertension, liver failure
- Nutritional and prophylactic therapies
Sokol, Ronald J, Durie Peter R, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Hepatobiliary Disease Consensus Group. Recommendations for Management of Liver and Biliary Tract Disease in Cystic Fibrosis. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 1999;28:S1-13.
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