Geburtshilfe Frauenheilkd 2023; 83(05): 547-568
DOI: 10.1055/a-2044-0203
GebFra Science
Guideline/Leitlinie

Prävention und Therapie der Frühgeburt. Leitlinie der DGGG, OEGGG und SGGG (S2k-Level, AWMF-Registernummer 015/025, September 2022) – Teil 1 mit Empfehlungen zur Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, Prädiktion, primären und sekundären Prävention der Frühgeburt

Article in several languages: English | deutsch
Richard Berger
1   Frauenklinik, Marienhaus Klinikum Neuwied, Neuwied, Germany
,
Harald Abele
2   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Franz Bahlmann
3   Frauenklinik, Bürgerhospital Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
,
Klaus Doubek
4   Frauenarztpraxis, Wiesbaden, Germany
,
Ursula Felderhoff-Müser
5   Klinik für Kinderheilkunde I/Perinatalzentrum, Universitätsklinikum Essen, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
,
Herbert Fluhr
6   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Graz, Graz, Austria
,
Yves Garnier
7   Frauenklinik, Klinikum Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
,
Susanne Grylka-Baeschlin
8   Zürcher Hochschule für angewandte Wissenschaften, Institut für Hebammenwissenschaft und reproduktive Gesundheit, Zürich, Switzerland
,
Aurelia Hayward
9   Deutscher Hebammenverband, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Hanns Helmer
10   Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Medizinische Universität Wien, Wien, Austria
,
Egbert Herting
11   Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
,
Markus Hoopmann
2   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
,
Irene Hösli
12   Frauenklinik, Universitätsspital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
,
Udo Hoyme
13   Frauenklinik, Ilm-Kreis-Kliniken, Arnstadt, Germany
,
Mirjam Kunze
14   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
,
Ruben-J. Kuon
15   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
,
Ioannis Kyvernitakis
16   Frauenklinik, Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
,
Wolf Lütje
17   Frauenklinik, Evangelisches Amalie Sieveking-Krankenhaus Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
,
Silke Mader
18   European Foundation for the Care of Newborn Infants, München, Germany
,
Holger Maul
16   Frauenklinik, Asklepios Kliniken Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
,
Werner Mendling
19   Frauenklinik, Helios Universitätsklinikum Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
,
Barbara Mitschdörfer
20   Bundesverband das frühgeborene Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
,
Monika Nothacker
21   Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Wissenschaftlichen Medizinischen Fachgesellschaften, Berlin, Germany
,
Dirk Olbertz
22   Klinik für Neonatologie, Klinikum Südstadt Rostock, Rostock, Germany
,
Andrea Ramsell
9   Deutscher Hebammenverband, Karlsruhe, Germany
,
Werner Rath
23   Emeritus, Universitätsklinikum Aachen, Aachen, Germany
,
Claudia Roll
24   Vestische Kinder- und Jugendklinik Datteln, Universität Witten/Herdecke, Datteln, Germany
,
Dietmar Schlembach
25   Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Klinikum Neukölln/Berlin Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit, Berlin, Germany
,
Ekkehard Schleußner
26   Klinik für Geburtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Jena, Jena, Germany
,
Florian Schütz
27   Frauenklinik, Diakonissen-Stiftungs-Krankenhaus Speyer, Speyer, Germany
,
Vanadin Seifert-Klauss
28   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum rechts der Isar München, München, Germany
,
Johannes Stubert
29   Frauenklinik, Universitätsklinikum Rostock, Rostock, Germany
,
Daniel Surbek
30   Universitätsklinik für Frauenheilkunde, Inselspital Bern, Universität Bern, Bern, Switzerland
› Author Affiliations

Zusammenfassung

Ziel Überarbeitete Leitlinie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (DGGG), der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Gynäkologie und Geburtshilfe (OEGGG) 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 zahlreiche Empfehlungen und Statements. Diese wurden in einem formalen Prozess (strukturierte Konsensuskonferenzen mit neutraler Moderation, schriftliche Delphi-Abstimmung) verabschiedet.

Empfehlungen Der Teil 1 dieser Kurzversion der Leitlinie zeigt Statements und Empfehlungen zur Epidemiologie, Ätiologie, der Prädiktion sowie der primären und sekundären Prävention der Frühgeburt.



Publication History

Received: 15 January 2023

Accepted after revision: 22 January 2023

Article published online:
04 May 2023

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