A 36-year-old member asked:
what is the 'apgar' score of a person? how do i find mine?
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Dr. Alfredo Garciaanswered
Pediatrics 56 years experience
Agpar score: The apgar score is a number from 0 to 10 to indicate the condition of a baby during the first minutes at birth. It is given at one, 5 and 10 minutes after birth. The higher the number, the healthier and more normal a baby is. The score is based on these observations: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritabilty during nose suctioning and color.
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Dr. Christopher Abelanswered
Pediatrics 26 years experience
Newborn well being: The apgar score was devised by dr. Virginia apgar to asses the well being of newborns. It is an acronym for (appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration). The apgar score is designed to help identify newborns that need immediate medical care. It is not designed to make long term projections on one's health. So, no real need except curiosity to find yours.
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A 32-year-old member asked:
What is the purpose of the apgar score?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
APGAR: Virginia apgar was an early researcher in neonatal work & a scoring system was developed using letters in her name to help classify the activity of newborns (&if & how fast drs ought to be helping.) a=appearance; p=pulse rate;g=grimmice, a= activity, r= respiratory effort. It is commonly recorded in a newborn record & filed away. It has little value after the first few minutes.Low scores=bad start.
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A 46-year-old member asked:
Potential problems fror a baby who has low apgar?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Low apgar score: The apgar score is a specific assessment that grades the smoothness of a newborns transition into an air breathing status, away from placental support. Low apgar score reflects a combination of poor ventilation, slow heart rate and evidence that oxygen is not moving to the tissues efficiently & assistance is needed. Persistent low scores after 5min & external support suggests major problem.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
Should I worry if baby apgars low?
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Dr. James Fergusonanswered
Pediatrics 46 years experience
Depends: The apgar score was developed more as a guideline for how quickly & intensely those monitoring a baby at birth should add oxygen, stimulate, assist breathing or do cpr. Low initial scores are often transient. A low score at 5 or 10 minutes is more worrisome because it suggests a greater degree of fetal distress prior to delivery.Discuss with your dr.
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A 43-year-old member asked:
What is the most important thing on apgar score to be concerned about?
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Dr. John Sheehyanswered
Pediatrics 40 years experience
Pulse&resp effort: Pulse, resp. Effort, tone, color and reflex irritability the 5 items that are scored. This is a way to measure the baby's ability to adapt to the extrauterine enviornmet. Anything over 7 is good and the 5 min # is most impt. Pulse and respiratory effort are the most impt part of the score.
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A 29-year-old member asked:
What is an apgar score at 1 vs 5 minutes?
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Dr. Alfredo Garciaanswered
Pediatrics 56 years experience
Agpar score: The apgar score is a number from 0 to 10 to indicate the condition of a baby during the first minutes at birth. It is given at one, 5 and 10 minutes after birth. The higher the number, the healthier and more normal a baby is. Babies with potential problems usually score under 5. The lower the score is, the more aggressive the treatment will be, e.g., initiation of cpr.
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