| The continuing value of the Apgar score for the assessment of newborn infants. | |
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PMID: 11172187 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: The 10-point Apgar score has been used to assess the condition and prognosis of newborn infants throughout the world for almost 50 years. Some investigators have proposed that measurement of pH in umbilical-artery blood is a more objective method of assessing newborn infants. METHODS: We carried out a retrospective cohort analysis of 151,891 live-born singleton infants without malformations who were delivered at 26 weeks of gestation or later at an inner-city public hospital between January 1988 and December 1998. Paired Apgar scores and umbilical-artery blood pH values were determined for 145,627 infants to assess which test best predicted neonatal death during the first 28 days after birth. RESULTS: For 13,399 infants born before term (at 26 to 36 weeks of gestation), the neonatal mortality rate was 315 per 1000 for infants with five-minute Apgar scores of 0 to 3, as compared with 5 per 1000 for infants with five-minute Apgar scores of 7 to 10. For 132,228 infants born at term (37 weeks of gestation or later), the mortality rate was 244 per 1000 for infants with five-minute Apgar scores of 0 to 3, as compared with 0.2 per 1000 for infants with five-minute Apgar scores of 7 to 10. The risk of neonatal death in term infants with five-minute Apgar scores of 0 to 3 (relative risk, 1460; 95 percent confidence interval, 835 to 2555) was eight times the risk in term infants with umbilical-artery blood pH values of 7.0 or less (180; 95 percent confidence interval, 97 to 334). CONCLUSIONS: The Apgar scoring system remains as relevant for the prediction of neonatal survival today as it was almost 50 years ago. |
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Authors:
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B M Casey; D D McIntire; K J Leveno |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The New England journal of medicine Volume: 344 ISSN: 0028-4793 ISO Abbreviation: N. Engl. J. Med. Publication Date: 2001 Feb |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-02-08 Completed Date: 2001-02-15 Revised Date: 2006-11-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0255562 Medline TA: N Engl J Med Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 467-71 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
Affiliation:
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas 75390, USA. brian.casey@utsouthwestern.edu |
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Apgar Score* Carbon Dioxide / blood Cohort Studies Fetal Blood / chemistry* Gestational Age Humans Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Infant Mortality* Infant, Newborn / blood* Infant, Premature / blood Oxygen / blood Prognosis Retrospective Studies Risk |
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124-38-9/Carbon Dioxide; 7782-44-7/Oxygen |
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N Engl J Med. 2001 Feb 15;344(7):519-20
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