Apgar v.1
Apgar is an acronym for Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration. The Apgar score is used as a simple, repeatable method to document the state of the newborn infant immediately after birth. The clinical score is derived from assessment of respiratory effort, heart rate, reflex irritability, muscle tone and skin colour.
To evaluate the physical condition of newborn infants.
Allows the assessment of the state of a neonate immediately after birth.
Apgar V. A proposal of a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant. Curr Res Anesth Analg. 1953 Jul-Aug;32(4):260-7. Apgar V, Holaday DA, James LS, Weisbrod IM, and Berrien C. Evaluation of the newborn infant; second report. J Am Med Assoc. 1958 Dec 13;168(15):1985-8. Apgar V. The newborn (Apgar) scoring system. Pediatr Clin North Am. 1966 Aug;13(3):645-50. Whaley LF, Wong DL (1979). Nursing Care of Infants and Children. St. Louis, Toronto, London, The C.V. Mosby Company.
OBSERVATION.apgar.v2, EVALUATION.apgar_score_assessment.v1
