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Apgar values lower than 7 associated with mortality in premature newborns

A retrospective study

Nayeri Reyes-Saavedra, Patricia C. Castelán-Villagrana, Ivette Mata-Maqueda and Juan C. Solís-Sáinz
Saudi Medical Journal March 2022, 43 (3) 252-258; DOI: https://doi.org/10.15537/smj.2022.43.3.20210641
Nayeri Reyes-Saavedra
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Reyes-Saavedra); from the Department of Psychiatry (Castelán-Villagrana), Health Services of the State of Hidalgo, Hidalgo, from the Department of Education (Mata-Maqueda), Health Services of the State of Queretaro, Queretaro, and from the Department of Biomedical Research (Solís-Sáinz), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
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Patricia C. Castelán-Villagrana
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Reyes-Saavedra); from the Department of Psychiatry (Castelán-Villagrana), Health Services of the State of Hidalgo, Hidalgo, from the Department of Education (Mata-Maqueda), Health Services of the State of Queretaro, Queretaro, and from the Department of Biomedical Research (Solís-Sáinz), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
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Ivette Mata-Maqueda
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Reyes-Saavedra); from the Department of Psychiatry (Castelán-Villagrana), Health Services of the State of Hidalgo, Hidalgo, from the Department of Education (Mata-Maqueda), Health Services of the State of Queretaro, Queretaro, and from the Department of Biomedical Research (Solís-Sáinz), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
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Juan C. Solís-Sáinz
From the Department of Internal Medicine (Reyes-Saavedra); from the Department of Psychiatry (Castelán-Villagrana), Health Services of the State of Hidalgo, Hidalgo, from the Department of Education (Mata-Maqueda), Health Services of the State of Queretaro, Queretaro, and from the Department of Biomedical Research (Solís-Sáinz), School of Medicine, Autonomous University of Queretaro, Queretaro, Mexico.
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