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What is the Importance of APGAR score?

what is the Importance of APGAR score

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Question added by Mahmoud Ali , Neonatal Specialist , Saad Specialist Hospital
Date Posted: 2016/10/22
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by CP RAI , CONSULTANT/SPECIALIST , Ministry of Health , Maldives

To determine well beng of baby,in revival treatments,

Shabaan Derbala
by Shabaan Derbala , اخصائى اطفال , الهيئة العامة للتامين الصحى فرع شمال الدلتا

is a method to quickly summarize the health of newborn children.The Apgar scale 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 ranges from zero to 10. The five criteria are summarized using words chosen to form a backronym (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration).

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