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What aspects of health are taken into account when determining a newborn's apgar score?
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APGAR: Apgar score developed to asses newborn in delivery room and transition to life outside mother's uterus It is a subjective tool relays on skin color, heart rate, breathing effort, baby' s reflexes and tone
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