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Apgar Score Components at 5 Minutes: Risks and Prediction of Neonatal Mortality.

Sven CnattingiusMikael NormanFredrik GranathGunnar PeterssonOlof StephanssonThomas Frisell
Published in: Paediatric and perinatal epidemiology (2017)
A reduced Apgar score has generally the same predictability of neonatal mortality as the full Apgar score. The full Apgar score or reduced scores may be better predictors of neonatal mortality in very preterm infants (≤31 weeks) than in infants with longer gestations.
Keyphrases
  • preterm infants
  • cardiovascular events
  • risk factors
  • coronary artery disease
  • cardiovascular disease