Society guideline links: Pediatric liver disease

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately:

●(See "Society guideline links: Nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) in infants and children".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Neonatal jaundice".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Liver transplantation".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Acute liver failure".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Diagnosis of hepatitis B".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Management of hepatitis B".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hepatitis C virus infection".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Cystic fibrosis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Portal hypertension and ascites".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Short bowel syndrome".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Inherited liver disease".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Drug-induced liver injury".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Autoimmune hepatitis".)

●(See "Society guideline links: Hepatic and biliary cysts".)

Canada

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Position paper on the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute liver failure (2022)

●Choosing Wisely Canada: Don't delay testing for total and conjugated (direct) bilirubin in any newborn with persistent jaundice beyond 2 weeks of age (2021)

●NASPGHAN: Position paper on hepatitis C in 2020 (2020)

●NASPGHAN and European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)

●Expert Committee on NAFLD (ECON) and NASPGHAN: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children (2017)

●NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN: Guideline for the evaluation of cholestatic jaundice in infants (2017)

●American Association for the Study of Liver Disease (AASLD), American Society of Transplantation (AST), and NASPGHAN: Practice guideline for the evaluation of the pediatric patient for liver transplantation (2014)

●Childhood Liver Disease Research Education Network (ChiLDREN): Evaluation of the child with suspected mitochondrial liver disease (2013)

United States

●American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA): HCV guidelines

•HCV in children

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN): Position paper on the diagnosis and management of pediatric acute liver failure (2022)

●NASPGHAN: Position paper on hepatitis C in 2020 (2020)

●NASPGHAN and European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)

●Expert Committee on NAFLD (ECON) and NASPGHAN: Clinical practice guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in children (2017)

●NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN: Guideline for the evaluation of cholestatic jaundice in infants (2017)

●American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): Technical report on newborn screening for biliary atresia (2015)

●AASLD, American Society of Transplantation (AST), and NASPGHAN: Practice guideline for the evaluation of the pediatric patient for liver transplantation (2014)

●American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (ASPEN): Clinical guidelines – Support of pediatric patients with intestinal failure at risk of parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (2014)

●AASLD and AST: Practice guideline for long-term medical management of the pediatric patient after liver transplantation (2013)

●Childhood Liver Disease Research Education Network (ChiLDREN): Evaluation of the child with suspected mitochondrial liver disease (2013)

Europe

●North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (NASPGHAN) and European Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN): A joint position paper on nutrition support of children with chronic liver diseases (2019)

●ESPGHAN: A position paper for treatment of chronic hepatitis C virus infection in children (2018)

●ESPGHAN: Position statement on diagnosis and management of pediatric autoimmune liver disease (2018)

●ESPGHAN and European Association for the Study of Liver (EASL): Position paper on the health care transition of youth with liver disease into the adult health system (2018)

●EASL: Clinical practical guidelines for the management of acute (fulminant) liver failure (2017)

●NASPGHAN and ESPGHAN: Guideline for the evaluation of cholestatic jaundice in infants (2017)

●ESPGHAN: Position paper on liver biopsy in children (2015)

United Kingdom

●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Guidelines on the management of abnormal liver blood tests (2017)

●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Quality standard on liver disease (2017)

●UK guideline on transition of adolescent and young persons with chronic digestive diseases from paediatric to adult care (2017)

●NICE: Guideline on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) – Assessment and management (2016)

●Childhood Liver Disease Research Education Network (ChiLDREN): Evaluation of the child with suspected mitochondrial liver disease (2013)

India

●Indian National Association for the Study of the Liver (INASL): Consensus statement on acute liver failure (Part 1) – Epidemiology, pathogenesis, presentation, and prognosis (2020)

●INASL: Consensus statement on acute liver failure (Part 2) – Management of acute liver failure (2020)

●Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP): Consensus statement on the management of neonatal cholestasis (2014)

Australia–New Zealand

●Queensland Health: Maternity and Neonatal Clinical Guideline – Neonatal jaundice (2019)