Why and how to calculate the FIB-4 score in asymptomatic alcohol-associated liver disease

One of the key recommendations in the American College of Gastroenterology’s Clinical Guideline: Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease (Jophlin et al., 2024) is the following: “Noninvasive blood and/or radiological tests (NITs) should be used to assess the severity of fibrosis in persons with asymptomatic alcohol-associated liver disease.” But, mental health clinicians regularly see patients with asymptomatic alcohol-associated…