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Apgar Score
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Definition of 'Apgar Score'A method, developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar, to evaluate a newborn's adjustment to extrauterine life. Five items - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color - are evaluated 60 seconds after birth and again five minutes later on a scale from 0-2, 0 being the lowest, 2 being normal. The five numbers are added for the Apgar score. A score of 0-3 represents severe distress, 4-7 indicates moderate distress, and a score of 7-10 predicts an absence of difficulty in adjusting to extrauterine life. |
Saturday, November 21, 2009
A scoring system for early prognostic assessment after neonatal seizures.
12 Sep 2009 
OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to devise a scoring system that could aid in predicting neurologic outcome at the onset of neonatal seizures. METHODS: A total of 106 newborns who had neonatal seizures and were consecutively admitted to the NICU ... Read more...
2 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND: Emerging evidence from a recent pilot universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) programme suggests that the burden of obstetric complications associated with mode of delivery is not limited to maternal and perinatal mortality but may ... Read more...
30 Aug 2009 CONTEXT: Umbilical cord prolapse is an obstetric emergency associated with high perinatal morbidity and mortality unless prompt delivery by the fastest and safest route is carried out. OBJECTIVES: To determine the incidence of umbilical cord ... Read more...
Latest indexed articles for 'Apgar Score'
These are the very latest articles for this heading:
- [Favoring the prevention of postural disorders in premature births]
29 Sep 2009 - A scoring system for early prognostic assessment after neonatal seizures. 12 Sep 2009
- Maternal and neonatal factors associated with mode of delivery under a universal newborn hearing screening programme in Lagos, Nigeria. 2 Sep 2009
- Emergency obstetrics care in a Nigerian tertiary hospital: a 20 year review of umblical cord prolapse. 30 Aug 2009
- Placental transfer and fetal metabolic effects of phenylephrine and ephedrine during spinal anesthesia for cesarean delivery. 30 Aug 2009
- Systematic review: elective induction of labor versus expectant management of pregnancy. 16 Aug 2009
- Rates of and factors associated with delivery-related perinatal death among term infants in Scotland. 10 Aug 2009
- Could early cord clamping harm neonatal stabilisation? 30 Jul 2009
- The effect of heart rate variability on request for labour epidural analgesia. 30 Jul 2009
- Enteral feeding algorithm for infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome poststage I palliation. 29 Jun 2009
- [Role of pH value of umbilical artery blood in neonatal asphyxia] 29 Jun 2009
- [Obstetric outcomes in oxytocin-related and spontaneous deliveries--analysis of 2198 cases] 29 Jun 2009
- Perinatal outcome in high risk pregnancies. 29 Jun 2009
- Nasopharyngeal teratoma and diaphragmatic hernia: no longer a random association but a new syndrome? 29 Jun 2009
- [Is vaginal delivery in twin pregnancy still an option? An analysis of the literature data] 28 Jun 2009
- Cardiopulmonary arrest in pregnancy: two case reports of successful outcomes in association with perimortem Caesarean delivery. 24 Jun 2009
- Variations of Apgar score of very low birth weight infants in different neonatal intensive care units. 23 Jun 2009
- Sex-specific alterations in placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 2 activity and early postnatal clinical course following antenatal betamethasone. 15 Jun 2009
- Effect of administration of pre-warmed intravenous fluids on the frequency of hypothermia following spinal anesthesia for Cesarean delivery. 4 Jun 2009
- Spinal anesthesia for intrapartum Cesarean delivery following epidural labor analgesia: a retrospective cohort study. 3 Jun 2009
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Technical information about 'Apgar Score'
Definition: A method, developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar, to evaluate a newborn's adjustment to extrauterine life. Five items - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color - are evaluated 60 seconds after birth and again five minutes later on a scale from 0-2, 0 being the lowest, 2 being normal. The five numbers are added for the Apgar score. A score of 0-3 represents severe distress, 4-7 indicates moderate distress, and a score of 7-10 predicts an absence of difficulty in adjusting to extrauterine life.
Descriptor UI: D001034
Alternative terms: Apgar Score; Score, Apgar;
Tree Number: E01.370.600.050;
History Note: 73(71)
Technical Notes: check the tags HUMANS & INFANT, NEWBORN