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A method, developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar, to evaluate a newborn's adjustment to extrauterine life. Five items - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color - are evaluated 60 seconds after birth and again five minutes later on a scale from 0-2, 0 being the lowest, 2 being normal. The five numbers are added for the Apgar score. A score of 0-3 represents severe distress, 4-7 indicates moderate distress, and a score of 7-10 predicts an absence of difficulty in adjusting to extrauterine life.
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- Score, Apgar
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check the tags HUMANS & INFANT, NEWBORN
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73(71)
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- Infant, Newborn (1966-1970)
- Physical Examination (1966-1970)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Apgar Score. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001034. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001034
- Apgar Score. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score
- Apgar Score. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q210797