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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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Apgar Score
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Descriptor Spanish:
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escala de Apgar
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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Índice de Apgar
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Synonyms English:
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Score, Apgar
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Tree Number:
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E01.370.600.050
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Definition English:
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A method, developed by Dr. Virginia Apgar, to evaluate a newborn's adjustment to extrauterine life. Five items - heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color - are evaluated 60 seconds after birth and again five minutes later on a scale from 0-2, 0 being the lowest, 2 being normal. The five numbers are added for the Apgar score. A score of 0-3 represents severe distress, 4-7 indicates moderate distress, and a score of 7-10 predicts an absence of difficulty in adjusting to extrauterine life. |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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check the tags HUMANS & INFANT, NEWBORN
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History Note English:
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73(71)
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Record Number:
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1040
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Unique Identifier:
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D001034
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Occurrence in VHL:
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Similar:
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DeCS
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