单词 | Apgar score |
释义 | Apgar score/ˈapɡə /noun Medicine A measure of the physical condition of a newborn infant. It is obtained by adding points (2, 1, or 0) for heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and skin coloration; a score of ten represents the best possible condition.Habitual snoring in the mother was also associated with growth retardation of the fetus and a low Apgar score for the infant....
Origin1960s: named after Virginia Apgar (1909–74), the American anaesthesiologist who devised this method of assessment in 1953. |
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