Endocrine Insider
August 15, 2007

The fourth Clinical Practice Guideline from The Endocrine Society, Management of Thyroid Dysfunction during Pregnancy & Postpartum, is now available online through The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM) at http://jcem.endojournals.org/. The guideline was published as a supplement to the August 2007 issue of JCEM.

This latest guideline is co-sponsored by five other organizations: The American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE), American Thyroid Association (ATA), Asia & Oceania Thyroid Association (AOTA), European Thyroid Association (ETA), and the Latin American Thyroid Association (LATA).

Some of the topics addressed in the guideline are:

• Hypothyroidism and Pregnancy: Maternal and Fetal Aspects
• Management of Maternal Hyperthyroidism: Maternal and Fetal Aspects
• Gestational Hyperemesis and Hyperthyroidism
• Thyroid Nodules and Cancer in Pregnancy
• Postpartum Thyroiditis
• Autoimmunity and Miscarriage
• Iodide Nutrition in Pregnancy and Lactation
• Screening for Thyroid Disease and Pregnancy

Information on ordering a bound version of the Management of Thyroid Dysfunction during Pregnancy & Postpartum guideline will be available on The Endocrine Society’s Web site at http://www.endo-society.org/publications/guidelines/index.cfm starting September 1, 2007. An executive summary of this guideline will also be available for download and purchase.

Contact Lisa Marlow at lmarlow@endo-society.org for additional information regarding this and future guidelines.