Thyroid assessment in pregnancy

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Teaching point

A pregnant woman at 14 weeks with palpitations, tremor and a high TSH has discordant symptoms (thyrotoxic features with raised TSH), so the next step is to check free thyroxine (free T4) to clarify thyroid status rather than simply rechecking TSH.

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