Identifying and definitional attributes | |
Metadata item type: | Data Element Concept |
---|---|
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Registration status: | Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 |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. |
Birth—Apgar score
Data Element Concept Attributes
Object Class attributes
Identifying and definitional attributes
Object class: | Birth |
---|---|
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 |
---|---|
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 |
Origin: | Macquarie University 2003. The Macquarie Dictionary 3rd edn. Sydney: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd |
Data element concept attributes
Source and reference attributes | |
Submitting organisation: | National Perinatal Data Development Committee |
---|
Relational attributes
Related metadata references: | Has been superseded by Birth—Apgar score Health, Superseded 12/12/2018 Tasmanian Health, Superseded 24/06/2020 |
---|---|
Data Elements implementing this Data Element Concept: | Birth—Apgar score (at 1 minute), code NN Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 Birth—Apgar score (at 5 minutes), code NN Health, Superseded 07/12/2005 |