Background Umbilical cord lactate is one approach to measuring acidosis and intrapartum
hypoxia, knowledge of which may be helpful for clinicians involved in the care of women and …

OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to determine whether Apgar scores at 10
minutes are associated with death or disability in early childhood after perinatal hypoxic …

Background Since an objective description is essential to determine infant's postnatal
condition and efficacy of interventions, two scores were suggested in the past but weren't …

Aim: To investigate the relationship between low Apgar score and neonatal mortality in
preterm neonates. Methods: Infant birth and death certificate data from the US National …

Objectives We investigated the associations between Apgar scores at 1 and 5 min, across
the entire range of score values, and child developmental health at 5 years of age. Setting …

Abstract Background The Apgar score has been shown to be predictive of neonatal mortality
in clinical and population studies, but has not been used for international comparisons. We …

Objective: To determine the changes due to therapeutic hypothermia (TH) exposure in the
strength of association between traditional clinical and biochemical indicators of severity of …

In this article, I examine how parents of infants with birth weight of 1,000 grams or less in
Iceland relate to the questions whether and when treatment for a preterm infant may be …

Objective To assess the changes in perinatal outcomes in children born from 37 weeks of
gestation after implementation of a more proactive labour induction practice from 2009 …

Although Apgar scores are commonly used as proxy outcomes, little evidence exists in
support of the most common cutpoints (< 7,< 4). We used 2 data sets to explore this issue …