¿Executive Director, University of Miyazaki

Director, University Hospital of Miyazaki,

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,

University of Miyazaki Faculty of Medicine

Clarifies the fundamental mechanism of preterm labor and delivery

Illustrates the clinical approach to preterm labor and delivery

Presents definitive evidence of the reduced incidence of preterm delivery in Japan

1. Preterm labor: impacts on perinatal ecology.-

2. Definition and diagnosis of preterm labor.-

3. Epidemiology and incidence of preterm delivery.-

Part II. Preterm labor and intrauterine infection and inflammation

4. Subclinical intrauterine infection.-

5. Clinical and subclinical intrauterine infection/inflammation.-

6. Cervical changes 1: morphological and biochemical changes.-

7. Cervical changes 2 : USG findings.-

8. Multiple mechanisms of preterm labor other than intrauterine infection.-

9. Abruption and preterm labor.-

Part IV. Prevention, Treatment, and Management

10. Prevention and Tocolytic agents 1.-

11. Prevention and Tocolytic agents 2.-

12. Tocolytic agent 3.-

13. Antibiotics for preterm labor.-

14. Probiotics for preterm labor.-

15. Progesterone.-

16. Cerclage 1: general.-

17. Cerclage 2: abdominal vs vaginal.-

18. Bacterial vaginosis.-

19. Antenatal corticosteroid.-

20. Mode of delivery of premature infants.-

21. Management of pPROM in general.-

22. Prevention of PTB: meta-analysis.-

Part V. Preterm Newborn

23. The preterm newborn: Morbidity and Mortality.-

Part VI. Placental Pathology

24. Placental pathology.-

Part VII. Research Frontier

25. Research frontier.-