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- Evaluation of the newborn baby.
DEFINITION
The Apgar test is used to evaluate the level of psychic activity and physics of the newborn baby.
It owes / can to value in the firstly, fifthly and tenth minutes of life. The first evaluation faces on the measurements to adopt, the second one on the efficacy of the same ones and the vital and neurological prognosis of the child.
EVALUATION
The initial punctuation from 7 to 10 is the best and he indicates an absence of depression of the neurological systems.
It is valued like moderate depression when the values range between 4 and 6, and is a situation in which it is necessary to administer oxygen for mask.
The Apgar lower than 3 in the first moment, ó 5 to five minutes, it indicates serious depression and need of two reanimators to realize intubación endotraqueal and cateterización of the umbilical glasses for perfusión of bicarbonate.
TABLE OF EVALUATION OF THE TEST OF APGAR
| Punctuation / SIGN |
Muscular tone |
Answer
nasal probe |
Color |
Respiration |
Cardiac frequency |
| 0 |
Stay away |
None |
Blue or pale |
Stay away |
Stay away |
| 1 |
Members' semipush-up |
Light |
Pink body
Blue members |
Bradipnea or irregular |
Minor of 100 |
| 2 |
Active movements |
Cough or sneezes |
Any rosé |
It extends or crying |
Major than 100 |
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