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Z Geburtshilfe Neonatol 2019; 223(05): 304-316
DOI: 10.1055/a-0979-1028
Leitlinie
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Prävention und Therapie der Frühgeburt. Leitlinie der DGGG, OEGGG und SGGG (S2k-Niveau, AWMF-Registernummer 015/025, Februar 2019) – Teil 1 mit Empfehlungen zur Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Prädiktion, primären und sekundären Prävention der Frühgeburt

Prevention and Therapy of Preterm Birth. Guideline of the DGGG, OEGGG and SGGG (S2k Level, AWMF Registry Number 015/025, February 2019) – Part 1 with Recommendations on the Epidemiology, Etiology, Prediction, Primary and Secondary Prevention of Preterm Birth
Richard Berger
1   Frauenklinik, Marienhaus Klinikum Neuwied, Neuwied
,
Harald Abele
2   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen
,
Franz Bahlmann
3   Frauenklinik, Bürgerhospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
,
Ivonne Bedei
4   Frauenklinik, Klinikum Frankfurt Höchst, Frankfurt am Main
,
Klaus Doubek
5   Frauenarztpraxis, Wiesbaden
,
Ursula Felderhoff-Müser
6   Klinik für Kinderheilkunde I/Perinatalzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen
,
Herbert Fluhr
7   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg
,
Yves Garnier
8   Frauenklinik, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück
,
Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin
9   Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Institut für Hebammen, Zürich, Schweiz
,
Hanns Helmer
10   Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Österreich
,
Egbert Herting
11   Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck
,
Markus Hoopmann
2   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen
,
Irene Hösli
12   Frauenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Schweiz
,
Udo Hoyme
13   Frauenklinik, Ilm-Kreis-Kliniken, Arnstadt
,
Alexandra Jendreizeck
14   Bundesverband das frühgeborene Kind
,
Harald Krentel
15   Frauenklinik, Annahospital Herne, Elisabethgruppe Katholische Kliniken Rhein Ruhr, Herne
,
Ruben Kuon
16   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg
,
Wolf Lütje
17   Frauenklinik, Evangelisches Amalie Sieveking-Krankenhaus Hamburg, Hamburg
,
Silke Mader
18   European Foundation for the Care of the Newborn Infants
,
Holger Maul
19   Frauenklinik, Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg, Hamburg
,
Werner Mendling
20   Deutsches Zentrum für Infektionen in Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe an der Frauenklinik, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal
,
Barbara Mitschdörfer
14   Bundesverband das frühgeborene Kind
,
Tatjana Nicin
21   Frauenklinik, Klinikum Hanau, Hanau
,
Monika Nothacker
22   Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften, Berlin
,
Dirk Olbertz
23   Abteilung Neonatologie und neonatologische Intensivmedizin, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Rostock
,
Werner Rath
24   Emeritus, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Aachen
,
Claudia Roll
25   Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Datteln
,
Dietmar Schlembach
26   Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Klinikum Neukölln/Berlin Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit, Berlin
,
Ekkehard Schleußner
27   Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena
,
Florian Schütz
16   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg
,
Vanadin Seifert-Klauss
28   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar München, München
,
Susanne Steppat
29   Deutscher Hebammenverband
,
Daniel Surbek
30   Universitäts-Frauenklinik, Inselspital, Universität Bern, Bern, Schweiz
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Zusammenfassung

Ziel Offizielle Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG), der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (ÖGGG) und der Schweizerischen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (SGGG). Ziel der Leitlinie ist es, die Prädiktion, die Prävention und das Management der Frühgeburt anhand der aktuellen Literatur, der Erfahrung der Mitglieder der Leitlinienkommission einschließlich der Sicht der Selbsthilfe evidenzbasiert zu verbessern.

Methoden Anhand der internationalen Literatur entwickelten die Mitglieder der beteiligten Fachgesellschaften und Organisationen Empfehlungen und Statements. Diese wurden in einem formalen Prozess (strukturierte Konsensuskonferenzen mit neutraler Moderation, schriftliche Delphi-Abstimmung) verabschiedet.

Empfehlungen Der Teil I dieser Kurzversion der Leitlinie zeigt Statements und Empfehlungen zur Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, der Prädiktion sowie der primären und sekundären Prävention der Frühgeburt.

Abstract

Aims This is an official guideline of the German Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (DGGG), the Austrian Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (ÖGGG) and the Swiss Society for Gynecology and Obstetrics (SGGG). The aim of this guideline is to improve the prediction, prevention and management of preterm birth based on evidence obtained from recent scientific literature, the experience of the members of the guideline commission and the views of self-help groups.

Methods Based on the international literature, the members of the participating medical societies and organizations developed Recommendations and Statements. These were adopted following a formal process (structured consensus conference with neutral moderation, voting was done in writing using the Delphi method to achieve consensus).

Recommendations Part I of this short version of the guideline lists Statements and Recommendations on the epidemiology, etiology, prediction and primary and secondary prevention of preterm birth.

Schlüsselwörter

Frühgeburt - vorzeitige Wehentätigkeit - Zervixinsuffizienz - früher vorzeitiger Blasensprung

Key words

preterm birth - preterm labor - cervical insufficiency - preterm premature rupture of membranes
 

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