This episode questions whether assigning the label “ACLF” to a deteriorating patient truly alters clinical decisions, or if focusing on the specifics of organ failure and reversibility is more useful. Experts debate the real-world utility of prognostic scores, the clarity (or confusion) created by multiple definitions, and whether the ACLF concept drives urgency, facilitates transplant access, or improves outcomes. A thought-provoking look at where terminology meets bedside care.

Moderator: Tom Marjot

Speakers: Paolo Angeli and Julia Wendon

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This EASL Studio explores the discrepancy between the huge burden of patients hospitalised with, and dying from, alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) or MetALD, versus the same disease’s near non-existence from population data. The panel will discuss whether current classification systems (heavily favoring metabolic causes) misrepresent the true burden of ALD and MetALD, and what clinicians can do to better map the role of alcohol in liver patients.

Moderator: Maja Thiele

Speakers: Brian Lee, Mzamo Mbelle, Elisa Pose

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What do we call it when someone with high-risk practices becomes viraemic again after treatment? In this episode, experts discuss the challenges of managing Hepatitis C in people who inject drugs (PWID) and other high-risk groups. Topics include SVR confirmation rates, DAA prescribing practices, acute vs. chronic infection, and real-world reinfection data. Are traditional labels still meaningful or do we need new frameworks for 2025?

Moderator: Ahmed Elsharkawy

Speakers: Ashley Brown, Tatyana Kushner and Sabela Lens

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