Endocrine Abstracts

Women with positive thyroid autoimmunity are considered at risk of developing hypothyroidism in pregnancy, so monitoring thyroid function is recommended.Objective: To assess the risk of gestational hypothyroidism in pregnant women with autoimmune thyroid disease and normal thyrotropin (TSH) at the beginning of pregnancy.Methods: Retrospective review of data from pregnant women attended between April 2016 and October 2019. Women wit...

Introduction: Hypothyroidism during pregnancy has been asociated with adverse maternal and neonatal outcomes. During pregnancy, maternal levothyroxine (LT4) dose requirements increase. The aim of this study is to determine the increase of LT4 doses during pregnancy in pregestational hypothyroid women.Methods: We included 76 hypothyroid pregnant women. We analyzed analytical and clinical characteristics of these patients, as well as the increase of LT4 re...