Predictive value of Apgar score in infants with very low birth weight

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 720-723

  Mori, Rintaro ^a,b   Shiraishi, Jun ^a,b   Negishi, Hirokuni ^b   Fujimura, Masanori ^a,b  

^a RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Neonatal Mutual Cooperative System   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apgar score; Diagnostic accuracy; Mortality; Newborn; VLBW

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

APGAR SCORE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 43249126968     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.00759.x     Document Type: Article

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