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TheApgarscoreisamethodtoquicklysummarizethehealthofnewbornchildrenagainstinfantmortality....VirginiaApgar,ananesthesiologistatNewYork– ...

Scale for newborn viability

Virginia Apgar, creator of the Apgar score

The Apgar score is a quick way for health professionals to evaluate the health of all newborns at 1 and 5 minutes after birth and in response to resuscitation.[1] It was originally developed in 1952 by an anesthesiologist at Columbia University, Virginia Apgar, to address the need for a standardized way to evaluate infants shortly after birth.[2]

Today, the categories developed by Apgar used to assess the health of a newborn remain largely the same as in 1952, though the way they are implemented and used has evolved over the years.[3] The score is determined through the evaluation of the newborn in five criteria: activity ...