2006-06-25 00:30:35 · 7 answers · asked by Mano M 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
A score given to newborn babies evaluating their breathing, skin color, etc. See the following:
The very first test given to your newborn, the Apgar score occurs right after your baby's birth in the delivery or birthing room. The test was designed to quickly evaluate a newborn's physical condition after delivery and to determine any immediate need for extra medical or emergency care.
Although the Apgar score was developed in 1952 by an anesthesiologist named Virginia Apgar, you may have also heard it referred to as an acronym for: Activity, Pulse, Grimace, Appearance, and Respiration.
The Apgar test is usually given to your baby twice: once at 1 minute after birth, and again at 5 minutes after birth. Rarely, if there are serious problems with the baby's condition and the first two scores are low, the test may be scored for a third time at 10 minutes after birth.
Five factors are used to evaluate the baby's condition and each factor is scored on a scale of 0 to 2:
heart rate (pulse)
breathing (rate and effort)
activity and muscle tone
grimace response (medically known as "reflex irritability")
appearance (skin coloration)
Doctors, midwives, or nurses add these five factors together to calculate the Apgar score. Scores obtainable are between 10 and 0, with 10 being the highest possible score.
The midwife at my homebirths used it too. If there'd been a problem we'd have gone to the hospital right away. This test is useful by the experienced. My midwife wasn't concerned that the first baby's head was shaped a little like a banana and his skin was a pretty purple! Lol. He was fine. Buttercup
2006-06-25 00:42:01 · answer #1 · answered by Buttercup 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The apgar score is given to a baby right when it is born & then about 10 minutes later. It scores color of skin at birth & a little later, breathing, & a couple other things which I forget. By the way, 10 is tops.
2006-06-25 07:35:52 · answer #2 · answered by curiousgeorge 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is a test when the baby is born, that determines flexibility, grasp, etc. This is done right after birth, and a little later. The highest score is a 10, but most babies do not have that immedietly following birth, but do in a little while. It helps to determine if there are bone injuries, etc.
2006-06-25 07:36:20 · answer #3 · answered by heatherbee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The grade the child receives at birth. It is a health score.
2006-06-25 07:36:05 · answer #4 · answered by Sunshine 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An assessment of the physical condition of a newborn infant. It involves heart rate, muscle tone, respiratory effort, color and reflex responsiveness.
2006-06-25 07:37:24 · answer #5 · answered by floopowder4me 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.babycenter.com/refcap/3074.html
2006-06-25 07:33:29 · answer #6 · answered by jd 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i dont know
2006-06-25 07:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by nicegirl187smile 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋