Apgar Score Calculator - Newborn Child Care
Apgar score is a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after child birth. It is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The resulting Apgar score care of a child ranges from zero to 10.
Apgar Score Calculator
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Appearance (Skin Color)
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Pulse (Heart Rate)
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Grimace (Reflex Irritability)
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Activity (Muscle Tone)
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Respiration (Resp. Effort)
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Apgar Score =
Formula Used:
The acronym APGAR stands for:
* A: Appearance (Skin color)
* P: Pulse (Heart rate)
* G: Grimace (Reflex irritability)
* A: Activity (Muscle tone)
* R: Respiration(Respiratory effort)
The care test is generally done on a newborn child at one and five minutes after birth, and may be repeated later if the score is and remains low.
If Score is,
* < 3 critically low
* 4 - 6 fairly low
* 7 - 10 generally normal
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