Maternal use of thyroid hormones in pregnancy and neonatal outcome

• Published in: Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica Vol. 87; no. 6; pp. 617 - 627
• Main Authors: Norstedt Wikner, Birgitta, Skjöldebrand Sparre, Lottie, Stiller, Carl-Olav, Källén, Bengt, Asker, Charlotte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Informa UK Ltd 01.01.2008; Blackwell Publishing Ltd; Taylor & Francis
• Subjects: Adult; Biological and medical sciences; Clinical Medicine; Congenital Abnormalities - etiology; Female; Gynecology. Andrology. Obstetrics; Humans; Hypothyroidism - drug therapy; Infant, Newborn; Infant, Newborn, Diseases - etiology; Klinisk medicin; malformations; maternal outcome; Medical and Health Sciences; Medical sciences; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; neonatal outcome; Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Medicine; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications - drug therapy; Pregnancy Complications - etiology; Pregnancy Outcome; Registries; Reproduktionsmedicin och gynekologi; Thyroid hormone substitution; Thyroid Hormones - adverse effects; Thyroid Hormones - therapeutic use; Human; Neonatal; Prognosis; Gynecology; Use; maternal outcome; Thyroid hormone substitution; neonatal outcome; Obstetrics; Pregnancy; malformations; Newborn; Mother; Substitution; Malformation; Evolution; Female; Thyroid hormone

Objective. To describe neonatal outcome including the presence of congenital malformations in infants born to women substituted with thyroid hormones, and the maternal characteristics of these women. Design. Register study based on prospectively collected data in relation to delivery. Setting. Swedi...