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Trends in incidence and neonatal outcome following low Apgar scores (1 min Apgar score <6) were prospectively studied during the years (1981, 1983, 1986 and 1988. The incidence of birth asphyxia was 7.6% of live births during the study period; it was 5.8% in 1981, increased to highest of 8.9% in 1986 with slight reduction to 7.2% in 1988. Birth weight distribution of asphyxiated babies and 1 min Apgar score <3 (severe asphyxia) remained unchanged. A significant decline in neonatal mortality with asphyxia was noted from 46.0% to 28.4% during 1981 and 1988 respectively. Aetiological factors for asphyxia could be identified in nearly 90% of infants during 1988, and all but 2 of 12 factors studied registered significant differences from control non-asphyxiated group.
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Kumari, S., Sharma, M., Yadav, M. et al. Trends in neonatal outcome with low apgar scores. Indian J Pediatr 60, 415–422 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02751205
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