The vitality of preterm infants should be assessed with an Apgar score, a tool used to measure the health of newborns immediately after birth. That is the conclusion by researchers who in a large ...

February 18, 2011 — A low score on Apgar, a test that evaluates physical signs during the first 5 minutes of a newborn's life, may be linked to an increased risk ...

The Apgar score does not predict individual neonatal mortality or neurological outcomes, and thus should not be used for that purpose, according to a joint policy statement issued by the American ...

An inverse relation was observed between epilepsy and cerebral palsy and 5-minute and 10-minute Apgar scores. Epilepsy and cerebral palsy risks are inversely related to 5- and 10-minute Apgar scores ...

An objective assessment for post-surgical patients is critical to decreasing mortality and improving patient outcomes, according to an editorial published in Anesthesiology by Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH ...