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The Apgar paradox

Authors: Henning Tiemeier, Marie C. McCormick

Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology | Issue 2/2019

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Most of today’s readers of this journal will have received an Apgar score 1 and 5 min after birth. The measure was introduced by Virginia Apgar, an anesthesiologist, in 1952; and, since the 1960s, it is popular world-wide. The Apgar score is now ubiquitously used in newborns and arguably the most common composite screening instrument in medicine and only a few single measure screening procedures such as growth curves, glucose levels or blood pressure are more frequently employed. …

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Title: The Apgar paradox
Authors: Henning Tiemeier
Marie C. McCormick
Publication date: 01-02-2019
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published in: European Journal of Epidemiology / Issue 2/2019
Print ISSN: 0393-2990
Electronic ISSN: 1573-7284
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-018-0466-9

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