Baby's first year

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Baby's first year : Apgar Test

All babies undergo an Apgar test just a minute after birth. This test is repeated after 5 minutes and most babies score better in the second test if they didn't get a great score in the first one. Babies who score 7-10 in the test are in good to excellent condition. Babies with a score of 4-6 are in fair condition and may need some resuscitative measures. Babies scoring under 4 need emergency treatment.

An apgar table looks like this:

Score	0	1	2
Appearance	pale or white	pink body with blue extremities	pink
Heart rate	not detectable	below 100	over 100
Reflex irritability	no response to stimulation	grimace	cough, sneeze
Muscle tone	flaccid	some movement of extremities	moving
Respiration	none	weak,gasping, irregular	crying, regular