Apgar score
a numerical measure of the physical health of a newborn infant derived by evaluating heart rate, muscle tone, respiratory effort, response to stimulation, skin color, and other physiological indicators.
noun
a system for determining the condition of an infant at birth by allotting a maximum of 2 points to each of the following: heart rate, breathing effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and colour
apgar score ap·gar score (āp’gär)
n.
a system of evaluating a newborn’s physical condition by -ssigning a value (0, 1, or 2) to each of five criteria: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimuli, and skin color.
apgar score
(āp’gär)
a score that -ssesses the general physical condition of a newborn infant by -ssigning a value of 0, 1, or 2 to each of five criteria: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, skin color, and response to stimuli. the five scores are added together, with a perfect score being 10. apgar scores are usually evaluated at one minute and five minutes after birth. the apgar score is named for the system’s deviser, american physician virginia apgar (1909-1974).
Read Also:
- Apha
apha american pharmaceutical -ssociation american public health -ssociation
- Aphakia
lack or loss of the lens of the eye. historical examples an eye without a lens (aphakia) will not work with an eye with a lens even if the former be corrected with gl-sses. a system of operative surgery, volume iv (of 4) various noun absence of the lens of an eye, congenital or otherwise […]
- Aphaeresis
. noun a variant spelling of apheresis
- Aphagia
difficulty or pain in swallowing. noun (pathol) refusal or inability to swallow aphagia a·pha·gi·a (ə-fā’jē-ə, -jə) n. see dysphagia.
- Aphalangia
aphalangia aphalangia aph·a·lan·gi·a (āf’ə-lān’jē-ə, ā’fə-) n. absence of a digit or of one or more phalanges of a finger or toe.