Background: There is considerable variation in assigning Apgar scores. Definitions are required to apply Apgar score under clinical conditions such as preterm delivery or resuscitation [Rüdiger et al.

A standard screening test given to newborns minutes after birth is a less accurate predictor of infant mortality for Black babies than other children, a new study shows, but the authors said the Apgar ...

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment. By Roni Caryn Rabin Shortly after they’re born, infants ...

How important is Dr. Virginia Apgar to the modern practice of obstetrics? Here is the way the National Library of Medicine’s website puts it: “[E]very baby born in a modern hospital anywhere in the ...

Sometimes noticing the smallest detail can make the biggest difference. This is true not only in everyday life but in science as well. Dr. Virginia Apgar developed a system of noticing the smallest ...

She's fresh into the world, less than a minute old. Chances are she's wet, cold, and unhappy. And she's seconds away from her first test. About one minute after a baby is born in the United States, ...

June 20 -- (HealthDay News) -- As soon as your baby is delivered at a hospital or other medical facility, it's commonly whisked away to be evaluated by the waiting team of professionals. The medical ...

Stanford University researchers have developed a method for predicting health problems in premature babies that they say is much more reliable than the standard Apgar score used to evaluate newborns’ ...

You might not be familiar with Virginia Apgar, but her impact likely touched your life the moment you were born. Best known for creating a simple test, the longtime Tenafly resident revolutionized the ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The 5-minute Apgar score assigned to infants immediately after delivery varies considerably among different observers, Australian investigators concluded after viewing the ...