Pediatric consensus of autoimmune hepatitis.

The Mexican Association of Hepatology held this Consensus on Autoimmune Hepatitis in the Pediatric Population with the aim of providing physicians with useful information for diagnosis and treatment. A group of pediatric and hepatology gastroenterologists and a transplant surgeon reviewed the medical literature. The Delphi method was applied sending the statements to the participants to be analyzed and voted on the level of agreement and discussed during virtual sessions, 46 statements were approved with the recommendations for the autoimmune hepatitis diagnosis, early management to prevent disease progression, cirrhosis complications, and for the treatment failure, adverse events detection, alternative therapy and liver transplant indications. Autoimmune hepatitis is a rare entity in pediatrics diagnostic and therapeutic challenge. Updated recommendations for diagnosis and treatment with pediatric doses are presented.