Einstein (São Paulo) (Mar 2012)

Apgar score and neonatal mortality in a hospital located in the southern area of São Paulo city, Brazil

  • Tatiana Gandolfi de Oliveira,
  • Paula Vieira Freire,
  • Flávia Thomé Moreira,
  • Juliana da Silva Bemfeito de Moraes,
  • Raquel Coris Arrelaro,
  • Sarah Rossi,
  • Viviane Alves Ricardi,
  • Yara Juliano,
  • Neil Ferreira Novo,
  • José Ricardo Dias Bertagnon

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 22 – 28

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To correlate the Apgar score, and neonatal mortality and its causes at a hospital located in the southern area of São Paulo City. METHODS: A retrospective study performed by analysis of medical charts (n=7,094) of all live newborns during the period of 2005 to 2009, with data up to 28 days of life in reference to weight, Apgar score, survival and cause of mortality. Cases were analyzed by the X² test (p 3,000 g group. Among newborns with Apgar 8-10, the rate of mortality and low weight was two times greater than in those with weight > 2,499 g. Fetal distress and prematurity were associated with early neonatal death; malformations and fetal distress to late mortality. The predictive value of death with Apgar 3,000 g group. CONCLUSIONS: The Apgar score proved linked to factors both epidemiological and related to attention given to the birth and neonatal mortality, and was associated with extremely low birth weight.

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