"Apgar Score" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 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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Fundal pressure during the second stage of labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2017 03 07; 3:CD006067.
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Maternal and fetal outcomes of HIV-infected and non-infected pregnant women admitted to two intensive care units in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. S Afr Med J. 2013 Jun 05; 103(8):543-8.
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Piracetam for fetal distress in labour. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2012 Jun 13; (6):CD001064.
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Survival of very-low-birth-weight infants according to birth weight and gestational age in a public hospital. S Afr Med J. 2005 Jul; 95(7):504-9.
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Amplitude-integrated electroencephalography coupled with an early neurologic examination enhances prediction of term infants at risk for persistent encephalopathy. Pediatrics. 2003 Feb; 111(2):351-7.
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Factors associated with poor prognosis in very-low-birth-weight infants. S Afr Med J. 1996 Nov; 86(11 Suppl):1457-60.
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Abdominal decompression: new data from a previous study. Br J Obstet Gynaecol. 1990 Jun; 97(6):547-8.