If you are expecting a baby or recently delivered, you probably heard the word Apgar tossed around and wondered what it meant. Letters and numbers, a score—it can all sound very cryptic. But it's ...

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 to 3 ...

A low Apgar score at birth is strongly associated with cerebral palsy in childhood, concludes a study from researchers in Norway published on bmj.com today. The Apgar score is a quick and simple way ...

The Apgar score does not predict individual neonatal mortality or neurological outcomes, and thus should not be used for that purpose, according to a joint policy statement issued by the American ...

In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...

While you may not know who Dr Virginia Apgar is, she has touched the lives of almost every baby born today. Dr Virginia Apgar was an American obstetrical anesthetist and a leader in her field. She ...

The test of health given to all infants just moments after they're born may also indicate trouble in school for a few of those infants once they become teenagers, a new study shows. Researchers looked ...

The test of health given to all infants just moments after they're born may also indicate trouble in school for a few of those infants once they become teenagers, a new study shows. Researchers looked ...