The Follow-up Management of Thyroid Disorders During the Pregnancy

Abstrakt

The article is discussing recommendations of recent guidelines from the American Thyroid Association 2011 and Endocrine Society 2012. Both guidelines contain recommendation for the initiation of levothyroxine treatment and the frequency of thyroid check-ups once treatment is started.

The article is also focussing on the possibilities of reducing costs by modification of thyroid laboratory utilization in clinical practice.

Klíčová slova

• Thyroid Disorder
• Pregnancy
• Thyroid stimulatory hormone
• Antibodies to thyroid peroxidase
• levothyroxine