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Apgar, n. Med.|ˈæpgə|
[The name of Virginia Apgar (1909–74), U.S. anaesthesiologist, who proposed this method of assessment in 1953 (Current Res. Anesthesia & Analgesia XXXII. 267).]
Apgar score, a measure of the physical condition of a newborn infant, obtained by adding points (2, 1, or 0) given for heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and skin coloration, a score of ten representing the best possible condition.
[1959Ann. Paediatriae Fenniae V. 32 Apgar's method of evaluation of the newborn infant was tested when the assessment was made by various persons.] 1964Obstetr. & Gynecol. XXIV. 222 The Apgar score observations are made by trained personnel. 1968Jrnl. Pediatrics LXXIII. 607/1 At birth, the infant was in distress, with an Apgar score of 6. 1988R. O. Platt Letting Blood ii. 14 She cried when Baby Boy's Apgar score was only 9 instead of the perfect 10 she'd hoped for. |