Nature

Apgar Score Evaluation in Neonatal Health

The Apgar score remains a cornerstone of immediate neonatal assessment, assigning a value from 0 to 10 based on five criteria—heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability and ...
STAT

Apgar scores are less predictive of infant mortality for Black babies than white ones, study finds

A standard screening test given to newborns minutes after birth is a less accurate predictor of infant mortality for Black babies than other children, a new study shows, but the authors said the Apgar ...
EurekAlert!

Apgar scores discriminate the risk of infant mortality after birth less well in certain racial groups – including Black infants – than in White babies

Funding: SJS is funded by a Wellcome Trust Clinical Career Development Fellowship 209560/Z/17/Z (https://wellcome.org). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision ...
Medscape

Low Apgar Scores Predict Poor Outcomes in Premature Infants

A 5-minute Apgar score < 7 was significantly associated with increased risks for in-hospital mortality, severe intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), retinopathy of ...
Medical Xpress

Pesticide exposure in preconception period linked to lower newborn Apgar scores

Women exposed to agricultural pesticides, even before becoming pregnant, may be putting their newborn's health at risk. A new University of Arizona study links those exposures to poorer health in ...