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APGAR SCORE
VIRGINIA APGAR DEVISED THE APGAR SCORE IN
1952 AS ASIMPLE AND REPLICABLE METHOD TO
QUICKLY AND SUMMARILY ASSASS THE HEALTH
OF
NEWBORN
.APGAR
WAS
AN
ANESTHESIOLOGIST WHO DEVELOPED THE SCORE
IN ORDER TO ASCERTAIN THE EFFECTS OF
OBSTETRIC ANESTHESIA ON BABIES THE APGAR
SCALE IS DETERMINED BY EVALUATING THE
NEWBORN BABY ON FIVE SIMPLE CRITERIA ON
ASCALE FROM ZERO TO TWO THEN SUMMING UP
THE FIVE VALUES THUS OBTAINED THE
RESULTING APGAR SCORE RANGES FROM ZERO
TO TEN THE FIVE CRITERIA ARE SUMMARIZED
USING
WORDS
CHOSEN
TO
FORM
ABACKRONYM(, APPEARANCE, PULSE, GRIMACE
,ACTIVITY,RESPIRATION
)
ناكرا ةداغ
–
هعبارلا هلحرملا
By Aya abd-alhussain – 6
th
stage
Easy to remember
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