Association of Newborn Apgar Score With Maternal Admission to the Intensive Care Unit | Zendy

Joel G. Ray | Zendy; Karyn E. Medcalf | Zendy; Alison L. Park | Zendy

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Association of Newborn Apgar Score With Maternal Admission to the Intensive Care Unit

Author(s) -

Joel G. Ray,

Karyn E. Medcalf,

Alison L. Park

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

jama pediatrics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 4.004

H-Index - 183

eISSN - 2168-6211

pISSN - 2168-6203

DOI - 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3035

Subject(s) - medicine , apgar score , neonatal intensive care unit , intensive care unit , obstetrics , association (psychology) , unit (ring theory) , pregnancy , pediatrics , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , gestational age , philosophy , genetics , epistemology , biology , mathematics education , mathematics

Association of Newborn Apgar Score With Maternal Admission to the Intensive Care Unit The newborn Apgar score efficiently evaluates an infant’s condition at birth and the need for immediate attention.1 The risk of neonatal or infant death is greatest at a low 5-minute Apgar score of 0 to 3 and moderate at an intermediate score of 4 to 6 compared with a normal Apgar score of 7 to 10.1-3 The risk of neonatal and maternal mortality is highest when both the mother and infant are admitted to an intensive care unit (ICU) after delivery.4 Because the newborn 5-minute Apgar score is routinely collected, we assessed its association with maternal admission to the ICU.

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