Clinical Research

• Development of a convenient method for measuring blood coagulation aimed at the complete prevention of vitamin K deficiency bleeding in early infancy
• Efficacy of echocardiographic screening in the early days of life to detect critical congenital heart disease among apparently healthy newborns
• Seasonal variation and meteorological changes related to vitamin K-dependent coagulation factors in neonates and infants
• Seasonal variation and meteorological changes related to neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and serum bilirubin levels in neonates
• Difference in percutaneous and serum bilirubin level in the early neonatal period
• Efficacy of sodium benzoate for inborn urea cycle disorders

Intramural research cooperation

• Chromosome analysis for infertility and fetal abnormalities after 22 weeks of gestation
• Risk factors for epilepsy in neonates with perinatal asphyxia

Extramural research cooperation

• A study to evaluate the outcomes following changes in neonatal resuscitation guidelines recommended by the Neonatal Hypothermia Registry of Japan