The correlation of adverse pregnancy outcomes and the intervention effects of levothyroxine in early pregnancy in diagnosis of hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism / 中国生化药物杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the significance of the diagnosis of hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism and evaluate the correlation of adverse pregnancy outcomes and the intervention effects of levothyroxine in early pregnancy .Methods 500 pregnant women who from April 2015 to April 2016 came to our hospital obstetrics do prenatal outpatient service were served as the objects in our study, at the same time, all the pregnant women received the five items of thyroid function screening.The statistically analyzed the results and followed up the pregnant women who with hypothyroidism and subclinical hypothyroidism to learn the treatment and adverse pregnancy outcomes, so as to evaluate the correlation and the intervention effects. Results In 500 cases of pregnant women,there were 6 cases of hyperthyroidism (1.2%),55 cases of hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism (11%),includeing four cases of hypothyroidism and 51 cases of subclinical hypothyroidism.The values of TSH,T3, T4,FT3 and FT4 in the group of hypothyroidism pregnant women were significant different to the normal control group (P<0.05), the values of TSH, T3, T4 and FT4 in the group of subclinical hypothyroidism pregnant women were significant different to the normal control group (P<0.05).Then the 25 cases of pregnant women with hypothyroidism or subclinical hypothyroidism received the treatment with levothyroxine, and the incidence rate of adverse pregnancy outcomes in treatment group was significantly lower than the untreated group ( P<0.05 ) .Conclusion The diagnosis of hypothyroidism or subclinical in early pregnancy and then treated with levothyroxine has important significant in decreasing the adverse pregnancy outcomes .