Preterm Labor and Delivery

Part I. Preterm labor: A challenge

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.-

Part III. Other mechanisms related to preterm labor

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.-