Erich Saling

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Erich Saling in May 2011

Erich Saling (born July 21, 1925 in Stanislau , Poland , today Ivano-Frankiwsk , Ukraine ) is a German gynecologist and obstetrician . He is considered the father of perinatal medicine .

Life

Grave site , Trakehner Allee 1, in Berlin-Westend

Erich Saling was born in 1925 as the son of the district forester Heinrich Saling and his wife Emma, ​​b. Hoffmann, born. After graduating from high school , he was drafted into military service in World War II in 1943 , which he did until 1945. From 1946 to 1952 Saling studied medicine at the universities of Jena and Berlin . In Berlin he received his license to practice medicine in 1952 and received his doctorate . from 1954 to 1958 he worked as an assistant doctor at the gynecological clinic in Berlin-Neukölln . In 1958 Saling was recognized as a specialist in gynecology and obstetrics. At the same time he began his scientific work on the child in the field of obstetrics. In 1963 he qualified as a professor at the Free University of Berlin for gynecology and obstetrics and was appointed adjunct professor in 1968 . In 1976 Erich Saling became head of the Institute for Perinatal Medicine at the Free University of Berlin and chief physician of the department for obstetrics at the municipal gynecological clinic in Berlin-Neukölln . In 1987 he was appointed C4 university professor at the Free University of Berlin. After German reunification and the restructuring of university medicine in Berlin , he was university professor for perinatal medicine at the Charité . Erich Saling retired in 1991 . Klaus Vetter became his successor. In 1993 he founded the Erich Saling Institute for Perinatal Medicine eV in Berlin.

Erich Saling repeatedly developed early detection methods and treatment procedures that contributed to reducing infant mortality and premature birth . In 1958, for example, he catheterized the aorta of the newborn for the first time immediately after birth and developed a new method for faster placental blood transfusion in the case of early umbilical cord removal. In 1960 he used blood gas analyzes for the first time to determine the effectiveness of resuscitation measures in newborns and in 1961, together with K. Damaschke, he developed a rapid micro- method for measuring blood O 2 saturation, as well as fetal blood analysis. This was the first time that direct diagnostic access to the human fetus in the womb was available. In 1962 Saling developed amniotic fluid mirroring ( amnioscopy ). In 1965 he introduced the clinical-biochemical diagnosis of the condition of newborns immediately after birth. In 1972 he succeeded for the first time in the esophagus and gastroscopy of the newborn shortly after birth. In 1978 Saling introduced continuous vaginal disinfection measures to avoid ascending infections in pregnant women and those who had ruptured bladder and developed a device for transmitting premature labor over the phone from the patient's apartment to the clinic. In 1981 he developed the operative early total cervical occlusion (ETCO), a new method to avoid recurring later miscarriages and premature births. In 1984, together with U. Blücher and J. Rothe, he made microphone recordings of the acoustic environment in the womb during the birth process . In 1989 Erich Saling developed a routine to avoid premature births and in 1993 organized a self-care campaign for pregnant women to avoid late abortions and premature births. In 1999 he developed a new method for self-determination of the pH value of vaginal secretions using indicator-coated panty liners.

Since 1952 Erich Saling was with the doctor Hella Saling, geb. Weyman, married. She died in 2006. The marriage resulted in two sons, six grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

Fonts (selection)

  • Erich Saling: Syphilis as a cause of abortion and premature birth. Dissertation , Free University of Berlin 1952
  • Erich Saling: New procedure for examining the child during birth: introduction, technique and basics. Gynecol. 197: 108 (1962)
  • Erich Saling: The blood gas conditions and the acid-base balance of the fetus when the birth process is undisturbed. Habilitation thesis , Free University of Berlin 1963
  • Erich Saling: The child in the field of obstetrics. An introduction to selected current issues. Thieme Verlag, Stuttgart 1966
  • Erich Saling, FE Loeffler: Foetal and neonatal Hypoxia in relation to clinical obstetric practice. Arnold, London 1968
  • Erich Saling: Prevention of premature births. Giatrós: Gynecology 7 (1991)

honors and awards

Erich Saling has also been made an honorary or corresponding member of numerous national and international specialist societies.

The World Association of Perinatal Medicine created the Erich Saling Perinatal Prize in 2000 , which is awarded at every world congress.

literature

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personal data
SURNAME Saling, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German gynecologist and obstetrician
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Stanislau , Poland