Thyroid Laboratory Testing and Management in Women on Thyroid Replacement Before Pregnancy and Associated Pregnancy Outcomes

Women with hypothyroidism before pregnancy often require an increase in their levothyroxine dosage to maintain a euthyroid state during pregnancy. The objectives of this study were to investigate: (i) the frequency and distribution of thyrotropin (TSH) testing and levothyroxine dosage adjustment by...

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Published in:	Thyroid (New York, N.Y.) Vol. 31; no. 5; p. 841
Main Authors:	Lemieux, Patricia, Yamamoto, Jennifer M, Nerenberg, Kara A, Metcalfe, Amy, Chin, Alex, Khurana, Rshmi, Donovan, Lois Elizabeth
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.05.2021
Subjects:	Adult Alberta - epidemiology Dose-Response Relationship, Drug Female Gestational Age Hormone Replacement Therapy - methods Humans Hypothyroidism - blood Hypothyroidism - drug therapy Infant, Newborn Intensive Care Units, Neonatal - statistics & numerical data Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data Preconception Care - statistics & numerical data Pregnancy Pregnancy Complications - blood Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy Pregnancy Outcome - epidemiology Premature Birth - epidemiology Retrospective Studies Thyroid Function Tests - statistics & numerical data Thyrotropin - blood Thyroxine - administration & dosage Alberta thyroid and pregnancy pregnancy outcomes hypothyroidism overtreatment pregnancy thyroid function tests
ISSN:	1557-9077, 1557-9077
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