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The Apgar Score
Abstract
The Apgar score provides a convenient shorthand for reporting the status of the newborn infant and the response to resuscitation. The Apgar score has been used inappropriately to predict specific neurologic outcome in the term infant. There are no consistent data on the significance of the Apgar score in preterm infants. The Apgar score has limitations, and it is inappropriate to use it alone to establish the diagnosis of asphyxia. An Apgar score assigned during resuscitation is not equivalent to a score assigned to a spontaneously breathing infant. An expanded Apgar score reporting form will account for concurrent resuscitative interventions and provide information to improve systems of perinatal and neonatal care.
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The Apgar Score and Its Components in the Preterm Infant
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Metadata
- Authors
- American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Fetus and Newborn, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, & Committee on Obstetric Practice
- Venue
- Pediatrics
- Publisher
- American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP)
- Published
- 2006-04-01
- Volume
- 117
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 1444-1447
- ISSN
- 0031-4005 (ISSN-L)
- 1098-4275
- OpenAlex
- W2143458217
- Cited by
- 371
- References
- 17
- FWCI
- 9.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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