Evaluation of interobserver agreement of apgar scoring in preterm infants

Pediatrics

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Bashambu, Monuj T ^a   Whitehead, Halana ^b   Hibbs, Anna Maria ^a,b   Martin, Richard J ^a,b   Bhola, Monika ^a,b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Apgar score; Preterm infants

Indexed keywords

APGAR SCORE; APNEA; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; BREATHING; CASE REPORT; GESTATIONAL AGE; GRIMACE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTUBATION; KAPPA STATISTICS; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MUSCLE TONE; NEONATOLOGIST; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867163699     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2012-0368     Document Type: Article

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