Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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METEOR identifier: | 269427 |
Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 |
Definition: | Numerical score to evaluate the baby's condition after birth. |
Context: | Perinatal statistics: Required to analyse pregnancy outcome, particularly after complications of pregnancy, labour and birth. The Apgar score is an indicator of the health of a baby. |