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2025 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel

20. Geburtshilfliche Zervixsonographie und Diagnostik der drohenden Frühgeburt

verfasst von : Dr. med. Bettina Hollwitz

Erschienen in: Ultraschalldiagnostik in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Zusammenfassung

Die Frühgeburtlichkeit ist das klinische Problem in der Geburtshilfe mit dem größten Anteil an Gesamtmorbidität und -mortalität. Die Methode der Zervixsonographie stellt den Goldstandard zur Diagnose der drohenden Frühgeburt dar und ermöglicht in Kombination mit teilweise schon lange bekannten Interventionen vielfach eine wirksame Sekundär- und Tertiärprävention.
Vorheriges Kapitel Prädiktiver Ultraschall, Screening und Vorhersage für Präeklampsie und fetale Wachstumsrestriktion im II. und III. Trimester
Nächstes Kapitel Mehrlingsschwangerschaft
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Metadaten
Titel
Geburtshilfliche Zervixsonographie und Diagnostik der drohenden Frühgeburt
verfasst von
Dr. med. Bettina Hollwitz
Copyright-Jahr
2025
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Buch
Ultraschalldiagnostik in Geburtshilfe und Gynäkologie

Print ISBN: 978-3-662-67372-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-662-67373-7

Copyright-Jahr: 2025

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-67373-7_20