title: [Vaginal pH self-monitoring by pregnant patients (in comparison with control measurements by the physician)].
abstract: Two methods of vaginal pH measurement have been compared. 100 pregnant women measured their vaginal pH by themselves using indicator paper strips and were afterwards controlled apparently by pH electrode. There was no significant difference between both methods, showing that pH indicator strip measurement is sufficiently reliable for pH determination by the pregnant woman herself.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Perinatale Medizin, Freien Universität Berlin.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riedewald
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hanifi-Afshar
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Saling
mesh_terms: D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000517:prevention & control*; D011934:Reagent Strips; D012016:Reference Values; D012648:Self Care; D014627:Vaginitis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D011934:Reagent Strips
vernacular_title: pH-Selbstmessung in der Vagina durch die Schwangere (im Vergleich zu Kontrollmessungen durch den Arzt).