The Apgar score is a scoring system doctors and nurses use to assess newborns after they’re born. A score of 7 to 10 five minutes after birth is reassuring, 4 to 7 is moderately abnormal, and 0 ...

A standard screening test given to newborns is a less accurate predictor of infant mortality for Black babies than other children, a new study shows, but the authors said the Apgar test should ...

In the 1930s and 1940s, Dr. Virginia Apgar noticed something odd. Despite the US infant mortality rate decreasing overall, a high number of infants were still dying within 24 hours of birth.

“It should not be a part of a health evaluation.” In addition to skin tone, the Apgar test scores infants on heart rate, breathing, muscle tone and reflexes. A perfect score is a 10.

In 1952, Apgar, an anesthesiologist, developed a 10-point scoring system as a way to focus attention on the condition of newborns within five minutes of birth. The simple test, called an Apgar ...

The 5-minute Apgar score assigned to infants immediately after delivery varies considerably among different observers, Australian investigators concluded after viewing the video recordings of ...

Oral 37 A Specified Type of Apgar - Results of the International Test-Apgar Study M Rüdiger, N Braun & H Küster on behalf of Test-Apgar Study Group Pediatric Research 68, 22 (2010) Cite this article ...