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 ...
An Apgar (activity, pulse, grimace, appearance, respiration) score is a quick and standard test done on newborn babies within the first minutes of life. It was originally introduced by Virginia Apgar ...
A 5-minute Apgar score < 7 was significantly associated with increased risks for in-hospital mortality, severe intraventricular haemorrhage (IVH), bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD), retinopathy of ...