PREVALENCE OF THYROID DYSFUNCTION AMONG ANTENATAL WOMEN IN A TEACHING HOSPITAL
Journal Title: Journal of Evolution of Medical and Dental Sciences - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 4
Abstract
BACKGROUND Thyroid disorders in pregnancy can affect the health of the mother and child, before and after delivery leading to adverse maternal and foetal outcome. The aim of the study is to study the prevalence of thyroid dysfunction in antenatal women attending teaching hospital, Government Victoria Hospital, Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam. MATERIALS AND METHODS Thyroid function tests, i.e. serum TSH along with the other tests were done in all antenatal women attending OPD at first antenatal visit and those with abnormal TSH were subjected to serum T3 and T4 levels. Data was collected, and results were analysed. Sample Size- 4701. Study Design- This is a prospective observational study that includes pregnant women attending Outpatient Department of Government Victoria Hospital for a period of one year from March 2016 to February 2017. RESULTS A total of 4701 pregnant women were tested for thyroid function tests. Results showed 18.9% incidence of Hypothyroidism, of which 12.10% were Subclinical Hypothyroidism and 6.62% being Overt Hypothyroidism and 0.17% were Overt Hyperthyroidism. CONCLUSION Prevalence of Hypothyroidism in pregnant women was found to be high; majority being Subclinical Hypothyroidism in our study
Authors and Affiliations
Matangi Ananda Kumari, Kodali Venkataramana, Kotipalli Padma Leela, Sayeeda Aafreen, Amrin Amrin
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP285862
- DOI 10.14260/jemds/2018/98
- Views 79
- Downloads 0
EPIDEMIOLOGY AND AETIOLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS OF MICROBIAL KERATITIS: GUIDELINES FOR ITS TREATMENT
BACKGROUND Globally, it is estimated that ocular trauma and corneal ulceration result in 1.5–2 million cases of corneal blindness annually. 90% of such patients hail from developing countries, where the lesion has now be...
SELF-MEDICATION OF ABORTIFACIENT AGENT AND ITS IMPACT ON WOMEN’S HEALTH- AN EXPERIENCE IN A GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WEST BENGAL
BACKGROUND Self-medication or medication by untrained person for termination of unwanted pregnancy is commonly practiced among women of child bearing age group. This study was undertaken to observe the consequences of se...
A STUDY OF SERUM MDA & TAC IN PATIENTS OF CERVICAL CANCER
BACKGROUND Cervical cancer (Cx Ca), the third most common cancer among women in the world, was responsible for 275,000 deaths in 2008, 88% of which occurred in developing countries and 159,800 in Asia1 (Ferlay J et al 20...
POST CHOLECYSTECTOMY AND THE DYSPEPTIC PATIENT TO IDENTIFYING THE APPROPRIATENESS OF OPERATIVE INTERVENTION IN CHENGALPATTU MEDICAL COLLEGE
BACKGROUND Dyspepsia is defined by the discomfort or pain localised in the upper abdomen. This pain is common with a prevalence of forty to sixty percent in the general population. But often 55% of patients do not have a...
REGIONAL NERVE BLOCK FOR FEMORO-POPLITEAL AND TIBIAL ARTERIAL RECONSTRUCTIONS
Presenting here, the effectiveness of combined lumbar plexus and sciatic nerve block in femoro-popliteal and femoro-tibial bypass surgeries. Patients were stable throughout the procedure and postoperatively wit...