Caracterização dos recém-nascidos, quanto ao apgar e a prematuridade no ano de 2010 segundo dados do sinasc

Abstract

Introduction: The concept of prematurity includes all live born at less than 37 completed weeks of gestation (<259 days) counted from the first day of the last menstrual period. (Salge et al. 2009). Clinical evaluation of the RN, done in the delivery room, uses the method of Apgar score, which assesses five clinical criteria: color, heart rate, reflex irritability, muscle tone and respiratory effort (Sampaio et al., 2009). Knowing the profile of newborns according to gestational age and Apgar score evaluation can determine the behaviors assistance in the delivery room. Objective: To characterize the newborns in the city of Goiânia, in the year 2010, according to data obtained from the System on Live Births. Methodology: A descriptive exploratory study, based on data from SINASC. Was considered for this analysis, the total live births in Goiânia-GO in 2010, available in the database of the National Health System (DATASUL) collected in 2013. Results: In 2010 SINASC were recorded in 20,024 births in the city of Goiânia, this total 50.7% were male births. 91.1% of births were born with normal weight.