A study to determine the association between 5 minute APGAR scores in term newborns and mortality, neonatal encephalopathy and neurodevelopment at eight weeks postnatal age, at the University Teaching Hospital/
Chola Ronald.
- Lusaka: University of Zambia 2016
- xi,33p.: ill
Dissertation submitted to the University of Zambia in partial fulfilment of requirement for the degree of Master of Medicines in pediatrics.
Includes bibliographic references
In 1952, Virginia Apgar devised a system of scores as a means of evaluating the physical condition of the newborn immediately after birth. The Apgar score has since been accepted for use to assess newborns in almost all labour wards worldwide.