Resuscitation
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Multicenter Study
Neonates with a 10-min Apgar score of zero: Outcomes by gestational age.
The current resuscitation guidelines for neonates recommend considering stopping resuscitation efforts if the heart rate remains undetectable after 10 min of adequate resuscitation. However, this recommendation does not take into account the gestational age (GA) of the neonates. We determined the outcomes of neonates with a 10-min Apgar score of zero (Apgar10 = 0) with respect to their GA. ⋯ Neonates with Apgar10 = 0 had different outcomes depending on their GA. Less than half of neonates born at <32 weeks GA survived; however, a majority of neonates born at 320/7-356/7 weeks' and ≥36 weeks' GA survived at similar rates than their matched neonates with Apgar10 = 1-2.