Thyroid stimulating hormone levels in cord blood are not influenced by non-thyroidal mothers' diseases
São Paulo med. j
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118(5): 144-7, Sept. 2000.
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CONTEXT Screening programs not only offer the opportunity to trace and treat almost all cases of congenital hypothyroidism but also mean large savings to the health system. However, carefully planned strategies are necessary to extend their benefits and reduce costs. OBJECTIVE:
To determine the possible influence of maternal diseases that affect maternal-fetal placenta dynamics on primary thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) screening for congenital hypothyroidism.DESIGN:
Prospective non-randomized clinical trial with at least 3 months of follow-up.SETTING:
A public university referral center [CAISM/Hospital das Clínicas, Faculty of Medicine, University of Campinas, Campinas, SP].PARTICIPANTS:
415 neonates divided into 5 groups eighty-three infants born from cardiac mothers; 98 from mothers that had toxemia; 54 of the mothers had diabetes mellitus; 40 were HIV positive and 140 had no diseases. INTERVENTION All newborns had cord blood samples collected on filter paper at birth. MAIN MEASUREMENTS TSH was measured from dried blood spots using a homemade immunofluorescence assay (sensitivity in dried blood spots = 0.1 mU/L).RESULTS:
There was no significant difference in the mean TSH levels among the 5 groups. Moreover, TSH levels were around 5 mU/L in 48 percent of the newborns, indicating that our region is severely deficient in iodine.CONCLUSIONS:
Our results indicate that primary TSH screening programs using cord blood are not affected by maternal diseases. We suggest that, besides its technical advantages over heel punctures with T4 primary approaches, neonatal screening using primary cord blood TSH may also be used as a monitoring tool for evaluation and control of iodine deficiency disorders (IDD)
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Asunto principal:
Tirotropina
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Sangre Fetal
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Hipotiroidismo
Tipo de estudio:
Ensayo Clínico Controlado
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Estudio observacional
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Estudio pronóstico
Límite:
Femenino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Recién Nacido
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Embarazo
Idioma:
Inglés
Revista:
São Paulo med. j
Asunto de la revista:
Cirurgia Geral
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Cincia
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Ginecologia
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Medicina
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Medicina Interna
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Obstetr¡cia
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Pediatria
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Sa£de Mental
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Sa£de P£blica
Año:
2000
Tipo del documento:
Artículo
País de afiliación:
Brasil
Institución/País de afiliación:
Universidade Estadual de Campinas/BR
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Universidade Federal de Säo Paulo/BR
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