Author Interviews, CMAJ, Endocrinology, OBGYNE / 02.06.2020
Are Too Many Pregnant Women Being Diagnosed and Treated for Thyroid Disease?
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Lois Donovan MD FRCPC
Clinical Professor
Cumming School of Medicine
Division on Endocrinology and Metabolism and
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Calgary
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
1) We observed in our clinical practices that minor TSH elevations in early pregnancy frequently normalized without intervention.
2) Recent randomized control trials have failed to show benefit of treating women with levothyroxine with minor TSH elevations in pregnancy (more…)