"Apgar Score" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
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D001034
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.600.050
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2007 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Apgar Score" by people in Profiles.
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Just, in time: ethical implications of serial predictions of death and morbidity for ventilated premature infants. Pediatrics. 2008 Apr; 121(4):732-40.
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Resuscitation in the "gray zone" of viability: determining physician preferences and predicting infant outcomes. Pediatrics. 2007 Sep; 120(3):519-26.
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Nuchal cord is not associated with adverse perinatal outcome. Arch Gynecol Obstet. 2006 May; 274(2):81-3.
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Low 5-minute Apgar score: a population-based register study of 1 million term births. Obstet Gynecol. 2001 Jul; 98(1):65-70.
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Evaluation of protein S-100 serum concentrations in healthy newborns and seven newborns with perinatal acidosis. Acta Paediatr. 2000 May; 89(5):553-5.
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Pediatrician attendance at cesarean delivery: necessary or not? Obstet Gynecol. 1999 Mar; 93(3):338-40.
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Clinical significance of fetal heart rate patterns during labor. IX: Prolonged pregnancy. J Perinat Med. 1993; 21(2):107-16.
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Substance abuse in pregnant women: recent experience at the Perinatal Center for Chemical Dependence of Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Obstet Gynecol. 1989 May; 73(5 Pt 1):715-20.
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Survival after cardiopulmonary resuscitation in babies of very low birth weight. Is CPR futile therapy? N Engl J Med. 1988 Jan 14; 318(2):91-5.
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Characterization of the growth-discordant twin. Obstet Gynecol. 1987 Jul; 70(1):11-5.