 Apgar Score
"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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E01.370.600.050
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2011 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2021 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2023 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2024 | 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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Tilden EL, Kissler K, Myatt L, Lundborg L, Turney M, Bovbjerg ML, Erickson EN. More than the passage of time: neonatal health and active labor duration, the mediating role of chorioamnionitis. Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2025 Jun; 232(6):563.e1-563.e12.
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Harding E, Stenzel C, Roosevelt G, Grover T, Hayashi M. Decreasing Percentage of Infants With Very Low 5-Minute Apgar Scores at a Safety-Net Level III NICU. Hosp Pediatr. 2023 07 01; 13(7):631-641.
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Kc A, Budhathoki SS, Thapa J, Niermeyer S, Gurung R, Singhal N. Impact of stimulation among non-crying neonates with intact cord versus clamped cord on birth outcomes: observation study. BMJ Paediatr Open. 2021; 5(1):e001207.
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Johnson GJ, Salmanian B, Denning SG, Belfort MA, Sundgren NC, Clark SL. Relationship Between Umbilical Cord Gas Values and Neonatal Outcomes: Implications for Electronic Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring. Obstet Gynecol. 2021 09 01; 138(3):366-373.
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Murthy K, Porta NFM, Pallotto EK, Rintoul N, Keene S, Chicoine L, Gien J, Brozanski BS, Johnson YR, Haberman B, DiGeronimo R, Zaniletti I, Grover TR. Predicting Risk of Infection in Infants with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. J Pediatr. 2018 12; 203:101-107.e2.
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Gibson A, Pollard D. Pharmacological Labor-Stimulating Agents and Neonatal Outcomes. Health Care Women Int. 2016; 37(5):519-30.
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Alaro D, Bashir A, Musoke R, Wanaiana L. Prevalence and outcomes of acute kidney injury in term neonates with perinatal asphyxia. Afr Health Sci. 2014 Sep; 14(3):682-8.
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Berger J, Mehta P, Bucholz E, Dziura J, Bhandari V. Impact of early extubation and reintubation on the incidence of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in neonates. Am J Perinatol. 2014 Dec; 31(12):1063-72.
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Witt WP, Litzelman K, Spear HA, Wisk LE, Levin N, McManus BM, Palta M. Health-related quality of life of mothers of very low birth weight children at the age of five: results from the Newborn Lung Project Statewide Cohort Study. Qual Life Res. 2012 Nov; 21(9):1565-76.
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Menon R, Fortunato SJ, Milne GL, Brou L, Carnevale C, Sanchez SC, Hubbard L, Lappas M, Drobek CO, Taylor RN. Amniotic fluid eicosanoids in preterm and term births: effects of risk factors for spontaneous preterm labor. Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jul; 118(1):121-134.
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