Introduction: Thyroid dysfunction is an important endocrine disorder worldwide among which hypothyroidism, attributed to environmental deficiency of iodine. Congenital hypothyroidism one the most common preventable causes intellectual disability worldwide. Hypothyroidism easily treated and timely detection treatment could reduce adverse fetal maternal outcome. The aim our study find prevalence ...

INTRODUCTION Hypothyroidism has long been known for its effects on different organ systems, leading to hypometabolism. However, subclinical hypothyroidism, its most prevalent form, has been recently related to cardiovascular risk and also to maternal-fetal complications in pregnant women. OBJECTIVES In these clinical practice guidelines, several aspects of this field have been discussed with ...

Introduction : Thyroid dysfunction is one of the most common endocrine disorder affecting women reproductive age group including pregnancy. There are a few reports prevalence hypothyroidism during pregnancy from India with rate ranging 4.8% to 11%, Subclinical Hypothyroidism as high 13.5 % women. Aim & Objective: To study incidence sub clinical and its outcome both in fetus mother. Material...

Maternal hypothyroidism is known to result in neurodevelopmental disorders in offspring, but whether subclinical hypothyroidism results in lower intelligence quotient (IQ) performance in progeny is an area of debate. Animal studies have shown that fetal thyroxine and triiodothyronine are primarily maternally derived before mid gestation. Other animal data reveal that fetal brain damage at a tim...

OBJECTIVE To analyse the prevalence of subclinical hypothyroidism among pregnant women attending Government hospitals in South India. It is also aimed to identify the prevalence of thyroid autoimmunity in euthyroid pregnant women. MATERIALS AND METHODS Five hundred pregnant women attending two government Obstetric and Gynecology hospitals in Chennai during a period of 5 months in 2007, were s...

Background. The question is debated on whether maternal hypothyroidism or use of thyroxin in early pregnancy affects the risk for infant congenital malformations. Objectives. To expand the previously published study on maternal thyroxin use in early pregnancy and the risk for congenital malformations. Methods. Data from the Swedish Medical Birth Register were used for the years 1996-2011 and in...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism has long been known for its effects on different organ systems, leading to hypometabolism. However, subclinical hypothyroidism, its most prevalent form, has been recently related to cardiovascular risk and also to maternal-fetal complications in pregnant women. Objectives: In these clinical practice guidelines, several aspects of this field have been discussed with ...

objective(s): thyroid hormones play an essential role in fetal growth and maternal hypo-thyroidism which leads to cardiovascular deficiency in their offspring.  considering this, we intended to investigate the impact of gestational hypothyroidism on offspring vascular contractibility and possible underlying mechanisms. materials and methods: hypothyroidism was induced in female rats by administ...

OBJECTIVE To determine how endocrinologists in Latin America deal with clinical case scenarios related to hypothyroidism and pregnancy. MATERIALS AND METHODS In January 2013, we sent an electronic questionnaire on current practice relating to management of hypothyroidism in pregnancy to 856 members of the Latin American Thyroid Society (LATS) who manage pregnant patients with thyroid disease....

Thyroid cancer is the second most common cancer diagnosed during pregnancy after breast cancer. The goal of management is to control malignancy and prevent maternal and fetal complications as a result of maternal hypothyroidism. The role of female sex hormones as an etiologic factor was investigated, with no clear association. Pregnancy can cause an increase in size of a previously existed thyr...