Apgar score after half a century. Is it still valid?;Test de Apgar. Después de medio siglo ¿sigue vigente?

Revista Medica de Chile

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 925-930

  Hübner G, María Eugenia ^a   Juárez H, María Eugenia ^b  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Infant mortality neonatology; Nenonatal screening

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; HUMAN; NEWBORN; NEWBORN HYPOXIA; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PREMATURITY; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD;

APGAR SCORE; ASPHYXIA NEONATORUM; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0036690527     PISSN: 00349887     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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