TY - JOUR
T1 - Increasing trends in a low 5-min Apgar score among (near) term singletons
T2 - a Dutch nationwide cohort study
AU - Tacke, C. E.
AU - Onland, W.
AU - Bakker, P. C.A.M.
AU - Groenendaal, F.
AU - Rosman, A. N.
AU - Broeders, L.
AU - Been, J. V.
AU - Antonius, T. A.J.
AU - Dijk, P. H.
AU - Dijkman, K. P.
AU - van den Dungen, F. A.M.
AU - Koole, S.
AU - Kornelisse, R. F.
AU - Schuerman, F. A.B.A.
AU - van Westering-Kroon, E.
AU - Witlox, R. S.G.M.
AU - de Winter, G.
AU - Ravelli, A. C.J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature America, Inc.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - Objective: To investigate trends in low Apgar scores in (near) term singletons using the Dutch Perinatal Registry. Methods: In a cohort of 1,583,188 singletons liveborn ≥35 weeks of gestation in the period 2010–2019, we studied trends in low 5-min Apgar scores (<7 and <4) using Cochrane Armitage trend tests. Results: The proportion of infants with low Apgar scores <7 and <4 increased significantly between 2010–2019 (1.04–1.42% (p < 0.001), 0.17–0.19% (p = 0.009), respectively). Neonatal mortality remained unchanged. Induction of labour, epidural analgesia and planned caesarean section showed an increasing trend. Instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section were performed less frequently over time, but these intervention subgroups showed the highest relative increase in infants with low Apgar scores. Conclusions: In the Netherlands, the risk of a low 5-min Apgar score increased over the last decade. The highest relative increase was observed in subgroups of instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section.
AB - Objective: To investigate trends in low Apgar scores in (near) term singletons using the Dutch Perinatal Registry. Methods: In a cohort of 1,583,188 singletons liveborn ≥35 weeks of gestation in the period 2010–2019, we studied trends in low 5-min Apgar scores (<7 and <4) using Cochrane Armitage trend tests. Results: The proportion of infants with low Apgar scores <7 and <4 increased significantly between 2010–2019 (1.04–1.42% (p < 0.001), 0.17–0.19% (p = 0.009), respectively). Neonatal mortality remained unchanged. Induction of labour, epidural analgesia and planned caesarean section showed an increasing trend. Instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section were performed less frequently over time, but these intervention subgroups showed the highest relative increase in infants with low Apgar scores. Conclusions: In the Netherlands, the risk of a low 5-min Apgar score increased over the last decade. The highest relative increase was observed in subgroups of instrumental vaginal delivery and emergency caesarean section.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41372-023-01786-2
DO - 10.1038/s41372-023-01786-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 37853089
AN - SCOPUS:85174414609
SN - 0743-8346
VL - 44
SP - 217
EP - 223
JO - Journal of perinatology
JF - Journal of perinatology
ER -