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APGAR, Virginia (1909 – 1974)

APGAR, Virginia (1909 – 1974)

1909 – 1974

1 entries in the GMN corpus.

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1953 CE

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A proposal for a new method of evaluation of the newborn infant.

APGAR, Virginia (1909 – 1974)
APGAR, Virginia (1909 – 1974)

The Apgar score for summarizing the health of newborn children, based on skin color, pulse rate, reflex irritability, muscle tone, and respiratory effort. These form a backronym, referring back to the author: Appearan…