title: Thyroid disorders during pregnancy and postpartum.
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.
authors.affiliation: Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: elizabeth.pearce@bmc.org.
authors.forename: Elizabeth N
authors.initials: EN
authors.lastname: Pearce
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D007037:Hypothyroidism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D007455:Iodine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000172:deficiency; D050032:Postpartum Thyroiditis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000276:immunology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013959:Thyroid Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013971:Thyrotoxicosis / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D007455:Iodine
keywords: Graves' disease; hypothyroidism; postpartum thyroid disease; pregnancy; thyrotoxicosis