Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
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| METEOR identifier: | 311778 |
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| Definition: | Numerical score used to indicate the baby's condition after birth. |
| Context: | Perinatal statistics |
Birth—Apgar score
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Object class: | Birth |
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| Definition: | The complete expulsion or extraction from its mother of a product of conception of at least 20 weeks of gestation or of 400 grams or more birthweight, where the product can be live born or stillborn. |
| Context: | Perinatal |
| Specialisation of: | Person/group of persons |
Source and reference attributes | |
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
Property attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
| Property: | Apgar score |
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| Definition: | The score used to evaluate the fitness of a newborn infant, based on heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, cough reflex, and colour. |
| Property group: | Assessment event |
Source and reference attributes
| Submitting organisation: | Australian Institute of Health and Welfare |
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| Origin: | Macquarie University 2003. The Macquarie Dictionary 3rd edn. Sydney: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd |
Data element concept attributes
Relational attributes
| Related metadata references: | Supersedes Birth—Apgar score
Has been superseded by Product of birth—Apgar score at 1 minute
Has been superseded by Product of birth—Apgar score at 5 minutes
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| Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Birth—Apgar score (at 1 minute), code NN
Birth—Apgar score (at 5 minutes), code NN
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