Its first assessment in the life of a person gets back in the delivery room. On the 1st minute of life and 5 minutes after birth. What do these two numbers? And why do doctors evaluate the child as soon as he was born?
Assessment, which give the baby immediately after birth, called the Apgar score. This is a significant figure for the pediatrician, which determines whether the baby. What the numbers mean Apgar?
What is the Apgar?
Apgar score - a fast evaluation system state newborn. It was developed by an American anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar. According to this system the newborn evaluated according to 5 criteria. For each newborn gets from 0 to 2 points. Points are added together. The maximum he can put 10 points.
What is it for? Apgar score allows doctors to quickly begin CPR or a close eye on the baby in the future, if necessary.
evaluation Table Apgar
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