The diagnostic utility of FIB-4 as a non-invasive tool for liver fibrosis scoring among NAFLD patients: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

J AmerM AlneesM SalamehA DaraghmehA KabhaY AlHabilA DarwishD NajajraM AwwadN Abu HamdehQ Abdoh

Published in: European review for medical and pharmacological sciences (2024)

The FIB-4 index may be used as a screening tool in the primary care setting. To raise awareness of liver diseases, this non-invasive, inexpensive, simple, and quick marker could identify people in need of further liver fibrosis evaluation and diagnosis.

Keyphrases

patient reported
liver fibrosis
primary care

end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed

chronic kidney disease
ejection fraction

peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors