Thyroid profile in pregnancy
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2017, Vol 24, Issue 1
Abstract
Background: Thyroid gland plays a critical role in cell differentiation during development and health maintaining thermogenic and metabolic homeostasis in the adult. Hypothyroidism occurs in 1 to 2 percent of pregnant females and hyperthyroidism in 0.2%. Aims and Objectives: To monitor thyroid profile in healthy pregnant women. Material and Methods: 600 women of 18 to32 age group attending antenatal clinic and admitted as indoor patients was selected for study. Their thyroid hormone level was checked in all three trimesters. DISCUSSION: The women in this study ranged from 18 to 32 years. Majority of the patients were in the age group 24 to 26 years. Another study in India evaluated 124 pregnant women using Radioimmunoassay showed increase in TSH progressively with each trimester. Conclusion: it is important that thyroid function tests in pregnancy should be interpreted against gestational age related reference intervals and this can decrease the possibility of the misinterpretation of thyroid function tests in pregnant women.
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Arunanchal Jha, SudhaBharti .
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