[The apgar value of the newborn and its prognostic value for the course of the neonatal period].
The prognostic value of the postnatal Apgar-score to the course of the neonatal period. It is impossible to determine exactly vital functions of the infant postnatal sole with a number. However we are the opinion, that Apgar-score is valid for the first clinical classification of the neonate. We studied 6780 newborn from 6 large towns of the GDR. Two thirds of the cases were selected with risk. The Apgar-score from 1 minute postnatal was correlated to findings of clinical investigation, diagnostic and therapy during the neonatal period from 2 hours postnatal to 8 days. Interesting correlations are found between the Apgar-score from 1 minute postnatal to: color of the skin (pale or pink), cyanosis, type of respiration, stridor, posture, crying, X-ray findings of the lung, need of buffer and oxygen therapy and neonatal death. Summarizing we found correlations of clinical value between the postnatal Apgar-score and the later respiratory function.
D001034:Apgar Score / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy; D012018:Reflex; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply
Der Apgar-Wert des Neugeborenen und seine prognostische Aussagekraft fur den Verlauf der Neonatalperidode