"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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| 2002 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 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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Antenatal and Intrapartum Risk Factors for Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy in a US Birth Cohort. J Pediatr. 2018 12; 203:163-169.
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Association of Perinatal Risk Factors with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Am J Perinatol. 2017 Feb; 34(3):295-304.
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Revalidation of the Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology in the Vermont Oxford Network. Pediatrics. 2007 Jan; 119(1):e156-63.
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Birth weight and systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2005; 14(7):526-8.
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Outcomes of prenatal antidepressant exposure. Am J Psychiatry. 2002 Dec; 159(12):2055-61.
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SNAP-II and SNAPPE-II: Simplified newborn illness severity and mortality risk scores. J Pediatr. 2001 Jan; 138(1):92-100.
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Congenital esotropia in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Ophthalmology. 1998 May; 105(5):846-50.
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A randomized trial of electronic fetal monitoring in preterm labor. Obstet Gynecol. 1987 May; 69(5):687-95.