Gynecology & Obstetrics
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Srinivas Rao

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• Research Article
  A Study to find out the Prevalence of Hypothyroidism among Pregnant Women Visiting ESI Hospital Sanathnagar Hyderabad
  Author(s): Srinivas Rao and Anitha PatibandlaSrinivas Rao and Anitha Patibandla
  
  Aim: To study the prevalence of hypothyroidism in low income, urban pregnant women. Study design: This is a retrospective study that includes 1062 pregnant women attending the antenatal clinic at ESI hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad. Thyroid profile is being done as a routine test along with other antenatal profile tests in our hospital. Thyroid profile test includes serum T3, serum T4 and serum TSH. Hospital Ethics committee permission was granted for the study. Results: A total of 1062 pregnant women were enrolled for this study. Results showed 20.1% prevalence of hypothyroidism of which 14.9% being subclinical hypothyroidism and 6.6% overt hypothyroidism. Conclusion: The study shows a very high prevalence rate of hypothyroidism in the patients attending the antenatal outpatient department at.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-0932.1000363

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