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Should We Screen Patients With HIV for NAFLD/NASH?

Should We Screen Patients With HIV for NAFLD/NASH?

Episode 58 Published 4 years, 4 months ago
Description

In this episode, hepatologist Giada Sebastiani, MD, discusses why the presence of obesity, metabolic syndrome, persistent elevation of ALT, or exposure to dideoxynucleoside analogues can trigger an evaluation for NAFLD and NASH, particularly in our aging population of patients with HIV with topics including:

  • Metabolic factors  
  • HIV-related factors
  • Which patients with HIV are at risk

Presenter:

Giada Sebastiani, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
McGill University Health Centre
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and Division of Infectious Diseases
Clinician Scientist
Research Institute of McGill University Health Centre
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Content based on an online CME program supported by an educational grant from Theratechnologies Inc.

Link to full program: 
https://bit.ly/3BYoXBP


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