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Efficient, Simple and Inexpensive Program for Prevention of Very Early Prematurity Turkish Journal of Perinatology • Vol: 11, Number: 3-4/September-December 2003 59 Efficient, Simple and Inexpensive Program for Prevention of Very Early Prematurity Erich SALING, Monika SCHREIBER Institute of Perinatal Medicine, Berlin, Germany nfants who are born prematurely (< 37+0 gw) Infection is the main cause of preventable I and/or have a low birthweight (< 2500g) suffer prematurity a higher risk of mortality and morbidity. Particularly As far as the avoidable causes are concerned, those infants are at considerable risk, who are born infections play the main role: ascending genital in- very prematurely with less than 32+0 gw and those fection is known to be the main source - particu- whose birthweight is very low, less than 1500g. Alt- larly of premature births below 32+0 gw. Back in hough in industrial countries neonatologists have 1991 (11, 12) we were able to find concrete signs achieved enormous success in keeping extremely of an infection in about three quarters of the in- premature infants alive, mortality increases rapidly fants with a birthweight of less than 2000g. The with decreasing birthweight. The immediate and amount of cases with premature rupture of memb- longterm sequelae of prematurity are also alarming ranes, was correspondingly high, namely 55%. The (1, 2, 8-10) - something which is sometimes neglec- association between bacterial vaginosis and pre- ted when just measuring the "successes" of modern maturity is particularly remarkable. Maternal uri- intensive care by mortality rates. nary tract infections or systemic infections can ho- Also the general financial expense is enormous. wever, also lead to premature birth. Lewit and cow. (6) estimated that in 1988 in the USA each year the costs of medical care, child ca- Prematurity is increasingly preventable re and education for the 3.5 - 4 million children There is a common saying: "prevention is bet- aged up to15 years, who had been born with low ter than cure". Therefore, birthweight, were between 5.5 and 6 billion (US)- • the best is screening for causes that may le- Dollars more than they would have been if those ad to prematurity and to treat them as early chil-dren had been born with normal birthweight. as possible, rather than • looking for and treating symptoms that indi- Causes of late abortion and prematurity cate the threat of prematurity, which are al- A large number of reasons are known to cause ready present; late abortions and prematurity. Lockwood and • the poorest solution is the treatment of ext- Kuczynski (7) divided most of the known causes remely premature infants with modern in- of prematurity into four pathogenetic processes: tensive care. • activation of the maternal or fetal hypotha- lamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis Our prematurity-prevention-program • decidual-chorioamniotic or systemic inflam- After having been engaged in this field for 30 mation years, in 1989 we developed a new prematurity- • decidual hemorrhage prevention-program. The original part with its 4 • pathological distension of the uterus. stages is intended for physicians. Considering the allotted space for this contribution, it is not possib- le to go into the details, but this whole concept has Corresponding Author: Erich Saling been published repeatedly (11, 12, 15). Detailed Institute of Perinatal Medicine, Berlin, Germany information about the program is also on our web- (It was presented at the 2nd World Congress of Perinatal site (s. authors’ address) The main emphasis of our Medicine for Developing Countries, Antalya-TURKEY, 2002) program lays in screening each pregnant woman 60 Erich Saling-Monika Schreiber, Efficient, Simple and Inexpensive Program for Prevention of Very Early Prematurity for pre-infection signs - or if this has been started If the pH is measured twice a week by the pa- too late, for infection signs - because disturbances tient herself the intervals between measurements of the vaginal milieu and infections can be treated are greatly reduced to one eighths compared with more successfully if they are diagnosed at a very the common prenatal care examination once every early stage. In cases of other prematurity causes, four weeks by the physician. The apparent chan- the possibility of intervention and successful the- ces of very early detection of risk symptoms are rapy is clearly not so good. substantially superior when the patient measures The measurement of the vaginal pH-value is her pH herself. If a pH-value of 4.7 or more is me- particularly important. An increase in the pH-value asured, the pregnant patient is advised to consult can refer to her doctor as soon as possible to ascertain the • a disturbance in the vaginal milieu, the so background, and if necessary start treatment. called "dysbiosis", Other important potential risk factors which • a bacterial vaginosis and more rarely to can be detected by the patient herself are listed in • another infection. the information brochure (15). They are advised to If other infections are suspected, an appropri- get in touch with their doctor immediately if any of ate examination should be carried out. these signs are present: The treatment will be performed according to • changes in vaginal discharge, the situation (15). Here are just the most common • burning and itching in the intimate regions, indications: • signs of urinary tract infection, • Disturbances of the vaginal milieu without • menstruation-like pains etc. signs of bacterial vaginosis or specific infec- • vaginal bleeding or spotting. tion: lactobacillus preparations provide the best treatment in these cases. RESULTS • If bacterial vaginosis is diagnosed it should be treated either locally or systemically with Our results have repeatedly been published Metronidazole or Clindamycin. (11-14) Just a few results concerning the self-care- • Specific infections should be treated accor- program should be mentioned. The self-care-prog- dingly. ram has been in use since September 1993. The ra- te of low birthweight infants (<2500g) in those pa- Self-care-program tients taking part in the self-care-program and who The most important part of our prematurity- had been pregnant before was 6.2%, this means prevention-program is the "self-care-program for three times less than in immediate previous preg- pregnant patients" which we developed in 1993 as nancies, when it had been 18.3%. It is of special in- an additional measure (13, 15). Within this self-ca- terest to note that the number of very underweight re-program we recommend that all pregnant pati- infants (<1500g) was 1.3%, that is six times lower ents take an active part, particularly by measuring than in the immediate previous pregnancies, when their own vaginal pH twice a week. They should it had been 7.8%. The rate of extremely underwe- start as early as possible, at best immediately after ight infants (<1000g) amounted to 0.9%, as oppo- pregnancy has been diagnosed. sed to 3.9% previously. We recommend to measure the vaginal pH Results from other places: Later Hoyme and using a CarePlan‚VpH-test-glove which we develo- cow. (3, 4) achieved similar encouraging results ped in collaboration with the Inverness Medical with our program in a prospective project underta- (Europe) Company; the present distributor is Uni- ken in Erfurt, the capital of Thuringia, Germany. path (Cologne/Germany). The indicator can be The excellent results encouraged the Government compared with a color chart and the pH-value re- of Thuringia to employ our program on approval ad. If the pH is normal, this means 4.4 or less, the in their whole state. In the second half of the year indicator turns yellow. The test-glove packs also 2000 the self-care-program was employed and the contain detailed information about the program for statistically evaluated results for the entire state the women. It is also possible to measure the pH were compared with those from the first half of with the pH-indicator-strips form Merck Company 2000 without the program. The results are impres- (Art. No. 1.09542) which have the same indi- sive and - from our point of view - represent a bre- cator field. The strips are cheaper, but do not con- akthrough, in as far as most authors dealing with tain any information which should therefore be prematurity up to now have stated that in greater supplied. population areas the prematurity rate has not Turkish Journal of Perinatology • Vol: 11, Number: 3-4/September-December 2003 61 changed at all during the last decades. In Thurin- REFERENCES gia the results were (5): 1. 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This is an even greater dec- 5. Hoyme UB, Möller U, Saling E: Ergebnisse und mögliche rease. Konsequenzen der Thüringer Frühgeburtenvermeidungsak- tion 2000. Geburtsh Frauenheilk 62, 257-263, 2002 6. Lewit EM, Schuurmann Baker L, Corman H, Shiono PH: The Conclusion and short critical comment direct cost of low birth weight, Future Child, Vol 5, No 1, Currently the self-care-program as has been 35-56, 1995 confirmed by our evaluation and afterwards by 7.
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