Leslie De Groot, Marcos Abalovich, Erik K Alexander, Nobuyuki Amino, Linda Barbour, Rhoda H Cobin, Creswell J Eastman, John H Lazarus, Dominique Luton, Susan J Mandel, Jorge Mestman, Joanne Rovet, Scott Sullivan
OBJECTIVE: The aim was to update the guidelines for the management of thyroid dysfunction during pregnancy and postpartum published previously in 2007. A summary of changes between the 2007 and 2012 version is identified in the Supplemental Data (published on The Endocrine Society's Journals Online web site at https://jcem.endojournals.org). EVIDENCE: This evidence-based guideline was developed according to the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, grading items level A, B, C, D, or I, on the basis of the strength of evidence and magnitude of net benefit (benefits minus harms) as well as the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) system to describe both the strength of recommendations and the quality of evidence...
August 2012: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism