| efficient prematurity prevention is possible by ph-self measurement and immediate therapy of threatening ascending infection. | in two prospective investigations, the effectiveness of the self care programme for prematurity prevention, developed by saling, was investigated. pregnant women in erfurt have been offered to perform self measurements of their vaginal ph by means of test gloves twice a week in order to screen for any disturbances in the vaginal milieu. the women were instructed to see their physician immediately, if abnormal ph > or = 4.7 or other risk factors were present, in order to get them confirmed and to ... | 2004 | 15262346 |
| [efficient prevention of prematurity - the thuringian model]. | in two prospective projects, the effectiveness of the self-care programme for prematurity prevention developed by saling was prevented. pregnant women in erfurt were shown how to perform self-measurements of their vaginal ph by means of test gloves twice a week in order to screen for any disturbances in the vaginal millieu. the women were instructed to see their physician immediately, if abnormal values (ph > or = 4.7) or other risk factors were present, in order to start lactobacillus acidophil ... | 2004 | 14673222 |
| [initial results of the erfurt prevention of prematurity campaign]. | genital infection particularly bacterial vaginosis (bv) increases the relative risk of prematurity. detection of disturbances of vaginal milieu at an early stage and the use of suitable countermeasures such as intervention with antimicrobial substances, e.g. clindamycin, can reduce the preterm birth rate, provided the diagnosis is made early enough. | 1998 | 10028607 |