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Apgar Score

Medical Definition:	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 adjus ting to extrauterine life.
Guide Notes:	check the tags HUMAN & INFANT, NEWBORN
Previously Indexed:	Infant, Newborn (1966-1970),Physical Examination (1966-1970)

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