Distribution of five minute Apgar scores and neonatal symptoms in the first week of life among 727 infants with normal birth weight, no congenital malformations, and without major neurological impairments
Apgar 0–3 (n=155) | Apgar 4–6 (n=274) | Apgar 7–10 (n=298) | |
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Values are numbers with percentages in parentheses. | |||
*At least one of the symptoms: seizures, feeding difficulties, or ventilator treatment. | |||
Neonatal seizures | 18 (11.6) | 13 (4.7) | 1 (0.3) |
Need for intravenous or tube feeding | 31 (20.0) | 41 (15.0) | 0 (0) |
Feeding difficulties without need for intravenous or tube feeding | 23 (14.8) | 40 (14.6) | 37 (12.4) |
Ventilator treatment | 50 (32.3) | 67 (24.5) | 5 (1.7) |
Neonatal symptoms* first week of life | 77 (49.7) | 122 (44.5) | 40 (13.4) |