Extreme Prematurity and Pulmonary Outcomes Program in Saitama: Protocol for a Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study in Japan

Fumihiko Namba   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Kosuke Tanaka   ¹ , MD, PhD ;   Sayu Omori   ² , MD ;   Kazushige Ikeda   ² , MD ;   Ken Kawabata   ³ , MD, PhD ;   Hiroaki Sato   ⁴ , MD, PhD ;   Masakazu Honda   ⁵ , MD, PhD ;   Tomonori Ichikawa   ⁶ , MD ;   Yoshihiro Minosaki   ⁶ , MD ;   Takehiro Michikawa   ⁷ , MD, PhD ;   Shuntaro Oka   ¹ , MD ;   Kazuhiko Kabe   ¹ , MD, MMA

¹ Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University, Saitama, Japan

² Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Saitama City Hospital, Saitama, Japan

³ Division of Neonatology, Saitama Children's Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

⁴ Division of Neonatology, Department of Perinatal and Neonatal Medicine, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

⁵ Division of Neonatal Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Saitama Medical University Hospital, Saitama, Japan

⁶ Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Kawaguchi Municipal Medical Center, Saitama, Japan

⁷ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, School of Medicine, Toho University, Tokyo, Japan