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Apgar score calculator
Scored at one and five minutes after birth: five signs, 0–2 each, for a total from 0 to 10.
Appearance (color)
Pulse
Grimace (irritability)
Activity (tone)
Respirations
10
The score describes the newborn; it does not decide the care. A newborn who is not breathing adequately is resuscitated immediately — never after waiting for the one-minute score.
More: GCS, the rule of nines and Apgar explained.
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