Can 5-minute Apgar score be considered as an additional independent risk factor for screening of retinopathy of prematurity?

Can 5-minute Apgar score be considered as an additional independent risk factor for screening of retinopathy of prematurity?

Introduction: Because of increasing the population of premature infants due to improving neonatal care we try to find other independent criteria in addition to birth weight and gestational age to reduce the number of infants who need a retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) screening examination. Methods...

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Main Authors: Amir Eftekhari Milani, Mohamad Reza Niyousha, Ali Kiavar, Hanieh Sakha, Ali Mahdavi Fard, Zahra Abdollahi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences Press 2020-02-01
Series:Journal of Research in Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
apgar score
prematurity
retinopathy
Online Access:https://jrcm.tbzmed.ac.ir/PDF/jrcm-8-4.pdf

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