Free thyroxine measurement in clinical practice: how to optimize indications, analytical procedures, and interpretation criteria while waiting for global standardization

F D'Aurizio, J Kratzsch, D Gruson… - Critical reviews in …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Thyroid dysfunctions are among the most common endocrine disorders and accurate
biochemical testing is needed to confirm or rule out a diagnosis. Notably, true …

Physiological and metabolic adaptations in pregnancy: importance of trimester-specific reference intervals to investigate maternal health and complications

MK Bohn, K Adeli - Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Diagnosis, prognostication, and monitoring of maternal health throughout pregnancy relies
on laboratory testing, including but not limited to key markers of thyroid, hepatic, cardiac …

Pregnancy disrupts the accuracy of automated fT4 immunoassays

HI Jansen, AE van Herwaarden… - European thyroid …, 2022 - etj.bioscientifica.com
Objective Thyroid hormone measurements are often performed in pregnant women, as hypo-
and hyperthyroidism during pregnancy can severely affect the fetus. Serum free thyroxine …

Accurate interpretation of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy: should we continue to use published guidelines instead of population-based gestation-specific …

R Turkal, CA Turan, O Elbasan, S Aytan… - BMC pregnancy and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Considering the changes in thyroid physiology associated with pregnancy and
poor outcomes related to abnormal maternal thyroid function, international guidelines …

Classification of thyroid dysfunction in pregnant women differs by analytical method and type of thyroid function test

SL Andersen, PA Christensen… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context Physiological alterations challenge the assessment of maternal thyroid function in
pregnancy. It remains uncertain how the reference ranges vary by week of pregnancy, and …

Trimester-specific reference intervals for thyroid function parameters in pregnant Caucasian women using Roche platforms: a prospective study

RM Dorizzi, G Spiazzi, N Rolli, P Maltoni… - Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Background Standard thyroid function parameters reference intervals (RI) are unsuitable
during pregnancy, potentially resulting in incongruous treatments that may cause adverse …

Reference intervals of thyroid function tests assessed by immunoassay and mass spectrometry in healthy pregnant women living in Catalonia

JM Hernández, B Soldevila, I Velasco… - Journal of Clinical …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Recent guidelines recommend establishing a local reference interval (RI) for
thyroid function. We aimed to establish trimester-specific RIs for thyrotropin (TSH) and free …

Gestational age-specific reference intervals for androgens in pregnancy

SL Lau, LY Yuen, CS Ho, MHM Chan… - The Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Background Androgen could impact cervical remodelling during pregnancy, and a higher
level is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. A population-based gestation age …

Iron status of full-term infants in early infancy is not associated with maternal ferritin levels nor infant feeding practice

KC Chan, JGS Tsun, AM Li, WH Tam - British Journal of Nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
Iron deficiency (ID) in early life is associated with morbidities. Most fetal iron required for
infant growth is acquired in the third trimester from maternal iron store. However, how …

Establishment of early pregnancy related thyroid hormone models and reference intervals for pregnant women in China based on real world data

C Ma, X Li, L Liu, X Cheng, F Xue, J Wu… - Hormone and …, 2021 - thieme-connect.com
Thyroid hormone reference intervals are crucial for diagnosing and monitoring thyroid
dysfunction during early pregnancy, and the dynamic change trend of thyroid hormones …