Module

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease

Source: Hepatitis Annual Update 2005

Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease


CME Program Director: Patrick J. Lynch, MD

Faculty:

  • Arun J. Sanyal, MBBS, MD

CME CREDIT INFORMATION

Release Date: 10/13/05

Expiration Date: 10/12/06


Physicians: maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™

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Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Review strategies for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease

  • Discuss the association between nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance

  • Describe optimal management of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and emerging pharmacologic treatments for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis


Content includes:

  • Relationship of Insulin Resistance with NAFLD
  • Metabolic and Biochemical Consequences of Insulin Resistance
  • Insulin Resistance and the Development of a Fatty Liver
  • From Fatty Liver to Steatohepatitis: Insulin Resistance and the Two-Hit Hypothesis
  • Role of Mitochondria
  • Cytochrome P-450
  • Other Factors Produced by Hepatocytes or Adjacent Cells
  • Role of Antioxidant Mechanisms
  • How Oxidative Stress Produces the Phenotype of Steatohepatitis
  • Determining NAFLD Diagnosis
  • Management of NAFLD
  • Pharmacologic Treatment of NASH: Insulin Resistance Drugs
  • Lipid-Lowering Agents
  • Drugs That Protect Hepatocytes
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