1. Preterm Birth: A Prominent Risk Factor for Low Apgar Scores
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Marie Blomberg, Maria Svenvik, and Lars Brudin
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Adult ,Pediatrics ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Article Subject ,lcsh:Medicine ,Tertiary care ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,Secondary care ,Pregnancy ,Risk Factors ,medicine ,Humans ,Cardiac and Cardiovascular Systems ,Risk factor ,Retrospective Studies ,Analysis of Variance ,Kardiologi ,General Immunology and Microbiology ,business.industry ,lcsh:R ,Infant, Newborn ,Retrospective cohort study ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Premature birth ,Apgar Score ,Premature Birth ,Apgar score ,Low APGAR scores ,Female ,business ,Research Article - Abstract
Objective.To determine predictive risk factors for Apgar scores < 7 at 5 minutes at two hospitals providing tertiary care and secondary care, respectively.Methods.A retrospective registry cohort study of 21126 births (2006–2010) using data from digital medical records. Risk factors were analyzed by logistic regression analyses.Results. AS5min<7was multivariately associated with the following: preterm birth; gestational week 32 + 0–36 + 6,OR=3.9(95% CI 2.9–5.3); week 28 + 0–31 + 6,OR=8(5–12); week < 28 + 0,OR=15(8–29); postterm birth,OR=2.0(1.7–2.3); multiple pregnancy,OR=3.53(1.79–6.96); previous cesarean section,OR=3.67(2.31–5.81); BMI 25–29,OR=1.30(1.09–1.55);BMI≥30 OR=1.70(1.20–2.41); nonnormal CTG at admission,OR=1.98(1.48–2.66). ≥1-para was associated with a decreased risk forAS5min<7,OR=0.34(0.25–0.47). In the univariate logistic regression analysisAS5min<7was associated with tertiary level care,OR=1.48(1.17–1.87); however, in the multivariate analysis there was no significant difference.Conclusion.A number of partially preventable risk factors were identified, preterm birth being the most evident. Further, no significant difference between the two hospital levels regarding the risk for low Apgar scores was detected.
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- 2015
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