Validity of Apgar Score as an Indicator of Neonatal SARS-CoV-2 Infection: A Scoping Review.

ABSTRACT: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has had profound impacts on healthcare systems worldwide, particularly regarding the care of pregnant women and their neonates. The use of the Apgar score-a discrete numerical index used to evaluate neonatal condition immediately following delivery that has been used ubiquitously as a clinical indicator of neonatal condition and widely reported in the literature for decades-has continued during the pandemic. Although health systems adopted protocols that addressed pregnant women and their neonates during the pandemic, limited research has assessed the validity of Apgar scores for determining neonatal conditions in the context of COVID-19. Therefore, this scoping review was conducted on the first 2 years of the pandemic and included mothers w

SUBMITTER: Chao M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8787091 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature