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Apgar score predicts short-term outcome in infants born at 25 gestational weeks

Forsblad, Kristina LU ; Källén, Karin LU ; Marsal, Karel LU and Hellström-Westas, Lena LU (2007) In Acta paediatrica 96(2). p.166-171
Abstract
Aim: To identify early predictors of outcome in infants born at 25 gestational weeks. Material and Methods: Data from a regional perinatal database (time-period 1995-2001, total n = 108 000 births) were used. Apgar scores were available in 92 preterm infants, born at 25 + 0 to 25 + 6 gestational weeks, and analyzed in relation to short-term outcome (180-day survival with, or without, severe brain damage defined as intraventricular hemorrhage grade 3-4 or cystic periventricular leukomalacia). Based on multiple logistic regression analyses we constructed graphs of the estimated chance of survival. Results: Apgar scores at 1, 5 and 10 min correlated with survival without severe brain damage (p = 0.02, 0.006 and 0.006, respectively). Survival... (More)
Aim: To identify early predictors of outcome in infants born at 25 gestational weeks. Material and Methods: Data from a regional perinatal database (time-period 1995-2001, total n = 108 000 births) were used. Apgar scores were available in 92 preterm infants, born at 25 + 0 to 25 + 6 gestational weeks, and analyzed in relation to short-term outcome (180-day survival with, or without, severe brain damage defined as intraventricular hemorrhage grade 3-4 or cystic periventricular leukomalacia). Based on multiple logistic regression analyses we constructed graphs of the estimated chance of survival. Results: Apgar scores at 1, 5 and 10 min correlated with survival without severe brain damage (p = 0.02, 0.006 and 0.006, respectively). Survival without severe brain damage was higher in singleton than in multiple births (p = 0.03); there was no association with infant gender or mode of delivery. The strongest model for prediction of survival without severe brain damage was based on 5-min Apgar score and the Clinical Risk Index for Babies (CRIB), (p < 0.001). Conclusion: Apgar score predicts short-term outcome in extremely preterm infants at 25 gestational weeks. The precision for prediction of outcome increases when Apgar score is combined with CRIB. (Less)
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preterm, outcome, apgar score, newborn, prognosis
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Acta paediatrica
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96
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166 - 171
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Wiley-Blackwell
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0803-5253
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10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00099.x
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English
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  author       = {{Forsblad, Kristina and Källén, Karin and Marsal, Karel and Hellström-Westas, Lena}},
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  publisher    = {{Wiley-Blackwell}},
  series       = {{Acta paediatrica}},
  title        = {{Apgar score predicts short-term outcome in infants born at 25 gestational weeks}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00099.x}},
  doi          = {{10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00099.x}},
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