Can Fam Physician. 1983 Apr;29:755-7.
The Apgar score is assigned to virtually every child born in a North American hospital. While it was originally proposed as a grading system for comparing the results of perinatal events, it has been used as a guide to resuscitation of the newborn, as well as an index of the infant's longer term morbidity. The Apgar score has undoubtedly focused attention on the neonate, but it is often improperly used as a statistical method and is not useful as a resuscitation guide or prognosticator. It should be viewed as a biostatistical tool, and used as such.
阿普加评分几乎适用于在北美医院出生的每一个婴儿。虽然它最初是作为一种比较围产期事件结果的评分系统提出的,但它已被用作指导新生儿复苏的方法,以及婴儿长期发病率的指标。阿普加评分无疑使人们更加关注新生儿,但它经常被不当用作统计方法,并且作为复苏指南或预后指标并不有用。它应该被视为一种生物统计学工具,并以此方式使用。