This clinical study was made on 1000 newborns delivered at the Chungnam University Hospital in 1982-1985 to figure out any relations between Apgar score and problems such as gestational period, birth weight, maternal age, delivery type, meconium staining, and mortality.
The results were summerized as followings:
1. The distribution of 1-minute Apgar score was .3.7% for score 0-3, 10.8% for score 4-6, 85.5% for score 7-10, and 5-minutes Apgar score was 2.3% for score 0-3, 2.3% for score 4-6, 95.4% for score 7-10. 5-minutes Apgar score was higher than 1-minute APgar score.
2. The Apgar score of preform & postterm newborns were lower than term, especially less than 32 weeks gestational age.
3. There was a trend to lower score in the newborns of the less than 2500 gm or more than 3500 gm.
4. There was no significant differance between maternal age and Apgar score.
5. The Apgar score of C-section delivery was lower than spontaneous & vaccum delivery.
6. There was a trend to lower Apgar scores in the newborns of meconium staining.
7. Perinatal death rate was 3.1% of all newborns, and mortality was higher in low Apgar score. Mortality of 5-minutes Apgar score was more significant than 1-minute Apgar score.
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