Open AccessApgar Scores in Low Birth Weight Infants Delivered Vaginally and by Cesarean Section
Author(s) -
Ladehoff Poul,
Pedersen Gunnar Thomsen,
Sørensen Torsten
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta obstetricia et gynecologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.401
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1600-0412
pISSN - 0001-6349
DOI - 10.3109/00016348609158220
Subject(s) - medicine , apgar score , birth weight , obstetrics , low birth weight , presentation (obstetrics) , retrospective cohort study , fetus , section (typography) , fetal weight , pregnancy , surgery , genetics , biology , advertising , business
A retrospective investigation of 641 live infants weighing less than 2 500 g showed that the frequency of a low Apgar score (≤7, five minutes after birth) was significantly correlated to the birth weight of the infant and independent of the mode of delivery and the presentation of the fetus at birth.