Thyroid disorders during pregnancy and postpartum

Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol. 2015 Jul;29(5):700-6. doi: 10.1016/j.bpobgyn.2015.04.007. Epub 2015 Apr 22.

Abstract

An awareness of the gestational changes to thyroid physiology and the impact of uncontrolled thyroid disease on pregnancy and infant outcome is essential for the successful management of hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. This review summarizes strategies for the management of thyroid disease in pregnancy and post partum, and it highlights areas where there is still a lack of consensus.

Keywords: Graves' disease; hypothyroidism; postpartum thyroid disease; pregnancy; thyrotoxicosis.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Female
  • Graves Disease / complications
  • Graves Disease / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Hypothyroidism / complications
  • Hypothyroidism / drug therapy
  • Iodine / administration & dosage
  • Iodine / deficiency
  • Postpartum Thyroiditis / drug therapy
  • Postpartum Thyroiditis / immunology
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy Complications / etiology*
  • Pregnancy Complications / physiopathology*
  • Thyroid Diseases / complications
  • Thyroid Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Thyroid Diseases / physiopathology*
  • Thyrotoxicosis / complications

Substances

  • Iodine