Assessement of the Interobserver-Variability of the Apgar-Score using Video Sequences

Purpose: The Apgar-Score is used to assess the immediate neonatal adaptation to extra-uterine life in newborn infants throughout the world for over 50 years. Moreover, it allows to document the effectiveness of neonatal resuscitation. Despite that an increasing number of extremely preterm and sick newborn infants are being resuscitated due to advances in neonatal medicine, the Apgar-Score has not been adjusted. For example, there are no consistent data on the use and significance in very preterm infants. Likewise, no accepted standard for reporting a score in newborn infants undergoing resuscitation after birth…