Five-minute Apgar score and risk of neonatal mortality, severe neurological morbidity and severe non-neurological morbidity in term infants - an Australian population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The aim of this study was to ascertain risks of neonatal mortality, severe neurological morbidity and severe non-neurological morbidity related to the 5-min Apgar score in early term (37⁺⁰-38⁺⁶ weeks), full term (39⁺⁰-40⁺⁶ weeks), late term (41⁺⁰-41⁺⁶ weeks), and post term (≥42⁺⁰ weeks) infants.

Methods

This was a retrospective cohort study of 941,221 term singleton births between 2000 and 2018 in Queensland, Australia. Apgar scores at 5-min were categorized into five groups: Apgar 0 or 1, 2 or 3, 4-6, 7 or 8 and 9 or 10. Gestational age was stratified into 4 groups: Early term, full term, late term and post term. Three specific neonatal study outcomes were considered: 1) Neonatal mortali

SUBMITTER: Hong J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10825608 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature