COMPARISON OF THYROID HORMONES LEVEL IN NORMAL AND PREECLAMPTIC PREGNANCY | ||||
Sohag Medical Journal | ||||
Article 4, Volume 24, Issue 1, January 2020, Page 26-32 PDF (551.82 K) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/smj.2019.16234.1048 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Ahmed Salah eldeen Abdal latief 1; salah roshdy 2; Mohamed Nour El-dien3; mohamed yahya abdel hafez4; wael abd el-hameid aly5 | ||||
1Obstetrics and gynaecology,Sohag faculty of medicine ,Sohag university | ||||
2obesterics and gynacology faculty of medicine sohag university | ||||
3Obstetrics and Gynecology faculty of medicine Sohag university | ||||
4obesterics and gynacology faculty of medicine sohag university | ||||
5clinical pathology department faculty of medicine sohag university | ||||
Abstract | ||||
To find a relationship between preeclampsia and thyroid dysfunction by comparing serum levels of Free T3 (fT3), Free T4 (fT4) and TSH in preeclampsia and normal pregnancy. The study was conducted within 6 months from May 2018 to November 2018, on the patients who attended OB/GYN department of Sohag Faculty of Medicine, Institutional review board approval was obtained April 2017. 30 of them were diagnosed as preeclamptic [blood pressure after 20 weeks of gestation is raised to 140/90 mm of Hg or more or have mean Blood Pressure. (diastolic+1/3rd pulse pressure) of more than 110 mm of Hg] with presence of proteinuria and/or edema. 30 age-matched normotensive pregnant women. Blood pressure was measured (auscultatory and palpatory) in semi sitting position using sphygmomanometer. Both groups had no history of thyroid dysfunction. According to the International Society for the Study of Hypertension Pre-eclampsia is defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg on two separate occasions 6 hours apart or a single recording of a diastolic blood pressure of 110 mmHg, in association with proteinuria ≥1+ on dipstick urine testing (Dawn C. Scantlebury, et al., 2013) | ||||
Keywords | ||||
THYROID; preeclampsia; Pregnancy; hypothyroidism | ||||
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