Preterm Labor and Preterm Birth: A Reference Textbook

本書旨在成為關於自發性早產引致早產的所有方面的權威參考教材。它的範圍必然很廣，詳細介紹了自發性早產的流行病學、機制、病因、預測、預防和管理，以及有關其身體、神經行為和財務成本的最新信息。其他特點包括專門介紹基於證據的自發性早產方法和未來政策、資金、研究和試驗的部分。新領域包括生殖道微生物群的作用和在生存極限下的自發性早產管理。本書最後討論了道德和醫療法律問題，並探討了早產嬰兒家庭的經歷和支持。作者是各國和多學科領域的專家，具備提供預測、預防和管理自發性早產所需的多方面方法的優勢。這本參考教材將對專業產科醫生、研究人員、培訓專家、新生兒科醫生、助產士、新生兒護士、本科生和尋求可靠信息的普通大眾有價值。

Professor Lamont has more than 38 years experience in the NHS. He qualified at the University of Edinburgh (1977) and trained in Edinburgh, London and Southampton. He became Consultant in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Northwick Park Hospital in London (1988), obtained his Doctorate Degree (1989) and has published over 200 research papers. He is the co-editor of a book on Preterm Labour and has written 33 chapters in books edited by others. He has held or currently holds Professorships and other Faculty appointments at Imperial College London, University College London, The Perinatology Research Branch, NICHD/NIH/DHHS, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University, Michigan, USA and Institute of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark. He has an international reputation in the field of preterm birth, particularly pertaining to infection and antibiotics in the etiology, prediction and prevention of preterm birth, and is an Official Spokesman for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. Professor Lamont is on the editorial board of a number of peer reviewed journals, and referees for a number of Grant-awarding bodies and more than 30 UK and overseas journals. He has given over 130 lectures by invitation in 36 countries in The Americas, Europe, Africa, Middle East, Far East and South-east Asia and has acted as internal and external examiner in Undergraduate and Postgraduate examinations both in the UK and overseas. He has advised Government departments, Royal College study groups and National and International Working Parties on management, research and treatment guidelines. Recently, (2009-2011) he spent 18 months in the USA on Sabbatical as Full Professor at the Perinatology Research Branch of the NICHD, fully funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Lamont教授在英國國民保健服務（NHS）擁有超過38年的經驗。他於愛丁堡大學取得學位（1977年），並在愛丁堡、倫敦和南安普敦接受培訓。他於倫敦Northwick Park醫院成為婦產科顧問（1988年），獲得博士學位（1989年），並發表了200多篇研究論文。他是一本關於早產的書的共同編輯，並為他人編輯的書籍撰寫了33章。他曾擔任或目前擔任倫敦帝國學院、倫敦大學學院、國家兒科健康與人類發展研究分部、美國國家兒科健康與人類發展研究所、韋恩州立大學密歇根分校婦產科學系以及丹麥南部大學臨床研究所的教授職位和其他教職。他在早產領域享有國際聲譽，尤其在早產的感染和抗生素在早產的病因、預測和預防方面，並擔任英國皇家婦產科學院的官方發言人。Lamont教授是多個同行評審期刊的編輯委員會成員，並為多個資助機構和30多個英國和海外期刊擔任審稿人。他應邀在36個國家的美洲、歐洲、非洲、中東、遠東和東南亞發表了超過130場演講，並在英國和海外擔任本科和研究生考試的內外部考官。他曾就管理、研究和治療指南向政府部門、皇家學院研究小組以及國家和國際工作組提供建議。最近（2009-2011年），他在美國度過了18個月的休假，擔任美國國家兒科健康與人類發展研究所下屬的Perinatology Research Branch的全職教授，全額由美國國家衛生研究院（NIH）資助。