MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'dr virginia apgar'. Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:30:12 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2464207&cid=t_245135_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FAyI3XflToKY%2F Medical professionals make sweeping assessments when they work. Doctors, nurses, and midwives (among others) are trained to pick up details that give them clues on what is going on. One such assessment is the Apgar score, which is done on every newborn and has been done for almost 60 years now. What is the Apgar score? The Apgar score, named after Dr. Virginia Apgar, looks at how the newborn is 1 minute after birth and again at 5 minutes after birth. They are looking at how the baby moves and muscle tone (Activity), heart rate (Pulse), reflex (Grimace response), skin color (Appearance), and breathing rate and effort (Respiration). Each assessment is worth from 0 to 2 points. If the assessment is good, the baby gets 2 points, if it’s absent, the baby gets zero, if it’s there but... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2464207 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 16:13:35 +0100 2464207