The Apgar score is well-characterized in full-term infants but not in premature infants. The objective of this study was to assess the Apgar score in preterm infants with respect to the relationships between the 1- and 5-minute scores, the correlation of the Apgar score with pH and with other variables, and the relationship among the individual Apgar components.
Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, St Peter's Medical Center, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA.
