The apgar score and infant mortality. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate if the Apgar score remains pertinent in contemporary practice after more than 50 years of wide use, and to assess the value of the Apgar score in predicting infant survival, expanding from the neonatal to the post-neonatal period ...
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Association of Apgar scores with death and neurologic disability [PDF]
Clinical Epidemiology, 2009 Vera EhrensteinDepartment of Clinical Epidemiology, Aarhus University Hospital, DenmarkAbstract: Apgar score was devised with the aim to standardize the assessment of newborns.
Vera Ehrenstein
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The Surgical Apgar Score [PDF]
Annals of Surgery Open, 2022 Objectives:. To review the current literature evaluating the performance of the Surgical Apgar Score (SAS). Background:. The SAS is a simple metric calculated at the end of surgery that provides clinicians with information about a patient’s postoperative
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Factors associated with 5-min APGAR score, death and survival in neonatal intensive care: a case-control study [PDF]
BMC Pediatrics, 2022 Background The 5-minute APGAR score is clinically used as a screening tool to assess how the newborn has reacted to previous care, remaining relevant for predicting neonatal survival.
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A comparative analysis of APGAR score and the gold standard in the diagnosis of birth asphyxia at a tertiary health facility in Kenya. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2023 BackgroundBirth asphyxia is a consistent key contributor to neonatal morbidity and mortality, notably in sub-Saharan Africa. The APGAR score, though a globally used diagnostic tool for birth asphyxia, remains largely understudied especially in resource ...
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Maternal factors associated with immediate low Apgar score in newborn babies at an intermediate hospital in Northern Namibia [PDF]
Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2022 Background. All newborn infants are required to undergo the Apgar score/assessment immediately after birth and again at five minutes. This vital examination is performed to determine how well the infant is adjusting to the birthing process and the ...
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 1999 Intraclass correlation coefficients for one- and five-min Apgar scores of 604 twin pairs born at a southeastern Brazilian hospital were calculated, after adjusting these scores for gestational age and sex. The data support a genetic hypothesis only for 1-
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Apgar score and neonatal mortality in China: an observational study from a national surveillance system [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2021 Background To examine the association between the Apgar score and neonatal mortality over gestational age in China and to explore whether this association changed when Apgar scores were combined at 1 and 5 min.
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Association between 5-min Apgar score and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a Scotland-wide record linkage study of 758,423 school children [PDF]
BMC Psychiatry, 2023 Background Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects around 1 in 20 children and is associated with life-long sequelae. Previous studies of the association between Apgar score and ADHD have reported inconsistent findings.
Jecintha J. Bala +3 more
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Prevalence and factors associated with low 5th minute APGAR score among mothers who birth through emergency cesarean section: prospective cross-sectional study in Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Pregnancy and ChildbirthBackground Apgar score is a method to assess the status of the baby immediately after delivery. It also used to assess the response to and overall the prognosis of the resuscitations.
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