Apgar rating (score)

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• Apgar Score System — Rating procedure to identify newborns needing life sustaining medical assistance. It was developed in 1952 by Virginia Apgar (1909–1974). Five signs, keyed to Apgar s name Appearance (color), Pulse, Grimace (reflex irritability), Activity (muscle …   Universalium

• Apgar — (Apgar score) n. test performed to evaluate and determine the physical state of a newborn baby carried out one minute after birth and repeated five minutes after birth (five things are tested: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, reflexes and… …   English contemporary dictionary

• Apgar score — [ap′gär΄] n. a quantitative rating test with a maximum of ten used to measure the vital signs of a newborn a minute or so after birth: a score greater than seven signifies good health …   English World dictionary

• Apgar score — A practical method of evaluating the physical condition of a newborn infant shortly after delivery. The Apgar score is a number arrived at by scoring the heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, skin color, and response to a catheter in the… …   Medical dictionary

• Apgar score — noun Etymology: Virginia Apgar died 1974 American anesthesiologist Date: 1962 an index used to evaluate the condition of a newborn infant based on a rating of 0, 1, or 2 for each of the five characteristics of color, heart rate, response to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• Apgar score — Ap′gar score [[t]ˈæp gɑr[/t]] n. med a quantitative evaluation of the health of a newborn, rating breathing, heart rate, muscle tone, etc., on a scale of 1 to 10 • Etymology: after Virginia Apgar (1909–74), U.S. physician …   From formal English to slang

• score — An evaluation, usually expressed numerically, of status, achievement, or condition in a given set of circumstances. [M. E. scor, notch, tally] APACHE s. Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation. The most widely used method of assessing the… …   Medical dictionary

• Apgar score — n. test performed to evaluate and determine the physical state of a newborn baby which is carried out one minute after birth and repeated five minutes later (five things are tested: heart rate, respiration, muscle tone, reflexes and skin color… …   English contemporary dictionary

• diagnosis — /duy euhg noh sis/, n., pl. diagnoses / seez/. 1. Med. a. the process of determining by examination the nature and circumstances of a diseased condition. b. the decision reached from such an examination. Abbr.: Dx 2. Biol. scientific… …   Universalium

• March of Dimes — For the unaffiliated Canadian charitable organizations, see Ontario March of Dimes and March of Dimes Canada. March Of Dimes Formation January 3, 1938 Headquarters …   Wikipedia

• Backronym — A backronym or bacronym is a phrase constructed purposely, such that an acronym can be formed to a specific desired word. Backronyms may be invented with serious or humorous intent, or may be a type of false or folk etymology. The word is a… …   Wikipedia