the.com/newborn health
the first exam in life, graded in minutes and remembered for decades.
means the physical and physiological wellbeing of a baby in the earliest days after birth, when tiny numbers carry enormous weight.
from formalized largely through the apgar score, invented in 1952 by anesthesiologist virginia apgar, who was tired of doctors eyeballing babies and guessing who needed help.
apgar timingscored at one and five minutes after birth
acronym coincidenceapgar also spells appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration
biggest predictorbirth weight outranks almost every other early metric
skin contactskin-to-skin holding regulates a newborn heartbeat fast