A for Appearance
G for Grimace
A for Activity
R for Respiration
From Current Researches in Anesthesia and Analgesia,
July-August, 1953, page 260.
Presented before the Twenty-Seventh Annual Congress
of Anesthetists, Joint Meeting of the International
Anesthesia Research Society and the International
College of Anesthetists, Virginia Beach, Virginia,
September 22-25, 1952.
23/25th Sept 1952
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A Proposal for a New Method of
Evaluation of the Newborn Infant
http://www.neonatology.org/classics/apgar2.html
“Grading" of newborn infants which can
be used as a basis for discussion and
comparison of the results of obstetric
practices, types of maternal pain relief and
the effects of resuscitation
"score"
"breathing time" defined as the time from
delivery of the head to the first respiration.
Midforceps 17 6.9
delivery
Breech delivery 16 6.7
Spinal 83 8.0
anesthesia
General 54 5.0
anesthesia
Epidural or 4 6.3
caudal
Infants who have been subjected to a trial
of labor are in better condition than those
in whom cesarean section was chosen
electively
3, 4, 5, 6 or 7 182 2 or 1.1%
8, 9 or 10 772 1 or 0.13%