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Editorial
. 2017 May;11(3):221-241.
doi: 10.1007/s12072-017-9793-2. Epub 2017 Apr 12.

CSH guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of drug-induced liver injury

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Editorial

CSH guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of drug-induced liver injury

Yue-Cheng Yu et al. Hepatol Int. 2017 May.

Abstract

Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an important clinical problem, which has received more attention in recent decades. It can be induced by small chemical molecules, biological agents, traditional Chinese medicines (TCM), natural medicines (NM), health products (HP), and dietary supplements (DS). Idiosyncratic DILI is far more common than intrinsic DILI clinically and can be classified into hepatocellular injury, cholestatic injury, hepatocellular-cholestatic mixed injury, and vascular injury based on the types of injured target cells. The CSH guidelines summarized the epidemiology, pathogenesis, pathology, and clinical manifestation and gives 16 evidence-based recommendations on diagnosis, differential diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of DILI.

Keywords: Clinical type; Diagnosis; Differential diagnosis; Drug-induced liver injury; Epidemiology; Pathogenesis; Pathology; Prevention; Recommendations; Treatment.

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Conflict of interest statement

Funding

This guideline is supported by the National Major Projects during the Twelfth Five-year Plan Period, Project (No. 2012ZX09303-001).

Conflict of interest

Yue-cheng Yu, Yi-min Mao, Cheng-wei Chen, Jin-jun Chen, Jun Chen, Wen-ming Cong, Yang Ding, Zhong-ping Duan, Qing-chun Fu, Xiao-yan Guo, Peng Hu, Xi-qi Hu, Ji-dong Jia, Rong-tao Lai, Dong-liang Li, Ying-xia Liu, Lun-gen Lu, Shi-wu Ma, Xiong Ma, Yue-min Nan, Hong Ren, Tao Shen, Hao Wang, Ji-yao Wang, Tai-ling Wang, Xiao-jin Wang, Lai Wei, Qing Xie, Wen Xie, Chang-qing Yang, Dong-liang Yang, Yan-yan Yu, Min-de Zeng, Li Zhang, Xin-yan Zhao, Hui Zhuang declare no conflicts of interest.

Ethical approval

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.

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Fig. 1
Algorithm for the diagnosis of DILI. BCS Budd–Chiari syndrome, IPH idiopathic portal hypertension, NRH nodular regenerative hyperplasia, PH peliosis hepatis, SOS/VOD sinusoidal obstruction syndrome/veno-occlusive disease. Asterisk R = (actual ALT/ULN)/(actual ALP/ULN). Triangle see Table 3

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