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What is the significance of an apgar score between 0 and 3?
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With a score of 0-3, the newborn is unresponsive, apneic, pale, limp and may not have a pulse. Interventions to resuscitate will begin immediately.
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What does a score of 0 on the Apgar scale indicate?
Dead. Well, not literally, but since "pulse" and "respiration" are two of the components, a score of 0 implies the child has no pulse and is not breathing.
What is an APGAR score?
A system of assessing the general physical condition of a newborn infant based on a rating of 0, 1, or 2 for five criteria: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, skin color, and response to stimuli. The five scores are added together, with a perfect score being 10.Apgar testing is the assessment of the newborn rating color, heart rate, stimulus response, muscle tone, and respirations on a scale of zero to two, for a maximum possible score of 10.What are you asking? Are you asking what a good apgar is? The higher the better. Are you asking what is the purpose of the rating is? It's to give a number that represents whether or not a newborn is in dtistress.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apgar_score
How many APGAR points are given to a baby that is born pink?
An APGAR score is an evaluation of a baby condition at birth. It is judged in 5 categories (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace Activity, Respiration) from 0-2 points each. In the Appearance category a baby with pink color receives the maximum score of 2.
What does it mean when the baby is at -2?
If you are asking about the Apgar scale the number two is related to the overall health of the baby after birth. The Apgar scale was developed by Virginia Apgar in 1953. Apgar is also an acronym which stands for appearance, pulse, grimace, activity (muscle tone) and respiration. Each of the five categories is give a score of 0, 1 or 2 (2 being the healthiest). These scores are added up for a total score of 10 points, being a healthy baby. The doctor determines this score after the child is born and it determines the condition of the baby. A 2 as an overall score would mean the baby is in critical condtion and needs to be taken to the newborn ICU.
What areas are tested on the Apgar scale?
color, heart rate, stimulus response, muscle tone, and respiration - each is rated 0-2 giving a possible total score of 0-10, 10 being perfect
How does the Apgar test score for color?
2 if the skin is pink all over; 1 for acrocyanosis, where the trunk and head are pink, but the arms and legs are blue; and 0 if the whole body is blue.
What was the score between France and Uruguay?
0-0
What is an Agpar score?
When a child is born, it is immediately assigned an APGAR score from 0-10 to objectively determine its vitality. The 5 categories are scored 0, 1, or 2 with 0 being the worst and 2 being the best. They are: Appearance (Is the skin a healthy non-bluish color), Pulse rate (is it greater than 100), Reflex (is the child irritated by stimulation), Muscle tone (does the child resist stretching of its limbs), and Breathing (does the child breath normally). Apgar is the last name of the doctor who created this system.
What is the purpose of APGAR?
This is a score given to newborn babies by nurse/Doctor at 1min & 5 min post birth. It rates the babies condition by 5 criteria, Color, Pulse, Reflex/Irritability, muscle tone & breathing. A score of 0-2 is assigned to each. Min 0, Max 10 overall The lower the score the more intervention the baby needs at birth.
What was the score of the first game between England and wales?
0-0
What is apgar scoring?
In 1952, Dr. Virginia Apgar developed a measurement system of newborn health based on five parameters; Appearance Pulse Grimace Activity and Respiration...hence APGAR Each category is scored from 0-2, toward a total of 10
What is the score between Mexico and Uruguay?
Mexico 0-1 Uruguay
