The new indicator may become a more useful clinical tool for predicting presser ulcers than Braden score. The new indicator warrants verification studies to facilitate its clinical implementation in the future.
The individuals at high risk of post-partum onset of Graves' thyrotoxicosis can be found early in their pregnancy by the detection of TSAb. Overall occurrence of post-partum Graves' disease in the general population is estimated above 0.54%, that is, one in 200 post-partum women may develop Graves' thyrotoxicosis, although thyrotoxicosis may be transient in half of the patients.
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