Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Patricia Ramos
Portugal
Research Article
Predictive Factors of Apgar Scores below 7 in Newborns: Can We Change the
Route of Current Events?
Author(s): Tiffany Leite Costa, Angela Mota, Sonia Duarte, Marta Araujo, Patricia Ramos, Humberto S Machado and Paulo LemosTiffany Leite Costa, Angela Mota, Sonia Duarte, Marta Araujo, Patricia Ramos, Humberto S Machado and Paulo Lemos
Introduction: The Apgar score is a useful and immediate tool used in the assessment of newborns. The factors that influence its final score may be related with labor, mother or infant itself. The impact of epidural analgesia in the Apgar score is still controversial and not fully understood. One of the limitations while attributing this score is interobserver variability. Objectives: The objective of this study was to determine possible predictive risk factors of low Apgar scores at 5 minutes, namely the influence of maternal factors, labor and newborn characteristics, as well as the effect of different analgesic concentrations used in epidural analgesia. Methods: This was a cross-sectional, institutional study conducted during two consecutive years-2014 and 2015, in Centro Materno Infantil do Norte, Portugal. Anesthesiology Department database was used to collect all.. View More»
DOI:
10.4172/2155-6148.1000672