Diagnosis and treatment of thyrotoxicosis during pregnancy and in the postpartum period. A fragment of 2017 Guidelines of the American Thyroid Association for the diagnosis and management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and the postpartum

Abstract

In 2017, the American Thyroid Association (ATA) published the guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of thyroid diseases during pregnancy and the postpartum period [1]. This is the first review of similar ATA recommendations, which were first published in 2011. Due to the rapid increase in the number of publications on this topic, at the beginning of the project, recommendations were planned to be reviewed every 4–5 years. ATA President, with the consent of the Board, created working groups of competent specialists in the field of adult and child endocrinology, obstetrics, perinato­logy (maternal and fetal medicine), endocrine surgery, iodine intake and epidemiology. For a wide range of specialization and geographical representation, as well as for providing fresh perspective, about a third of the working group has been replaced for each version/stage of guidelines in accordance with the ATA policy.

Keywords

• thyrotoxicosis
• pregnancy
• postpartum period
• recommendations