Apgar scores, which range up to 10 for the best, measure heart rate, breathing, muscle tone, reflexes and skin color, and are taken one minute and five minutes after birth.
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In its role as both a research and clinical facility, the Sloane Hospital for Women has pioneered many advances in the field, including the Apgar score, the use of rhogam, and amniocentesis.
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Untreated depression can lead to higher rates of obstetrical complications such as difficult labor, premature delivery, low birth weight, and low Apgar scores, which measure a baby's overall health at birth, said Cohen of MGH.
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The " Journal of Medical Ethics " review additionally found that several studies concluded that home births had a higher risk of failing Apgar scores in newborns, as well as a delay in diagnosing hypoxia, acidosis and asphyxia.
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Babies must remain with their mother s postpartum because the only nursery available is meant for babies with low apgar scores and / or low temperatures, and even these babies are only kept under observation at the nursery for 3 4 hours.
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She was a doctor who, in 1953, published the Apgar score, a simple assessment method that allows doctors and nurses in delivery rooms to make an immediate evaluation of a newborn baby's general condition, aiding identification of those who need medical attention.
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Watching it, you may be reminded of your own child's birth and rearing _ of ultrasound and Apgar scores, SATs and ZIP-code marketing, and all the other schemes that track us from conception to death, determining our scholarships, our jobs, our junk mail.
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The study indicated that babies born at home are roughly 10 times as likely to have an Apgar score of 0 after 5 minutes and almost four times as likely to have neonatal seizures or serious neurological dysfunction when compared to babies born in hospitals.
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Teratologist Although most people might be unfamiliar with the occupation ( a student of " biological monstrosities and malformations " ), they know Virginia Apgar for the scale _ or Apgar score _ that she developed in 1952 to test the health of newborn children.
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Newborns who were exposed to SSRIs for five months or more prior to birth were at a greater risk for lower Apgar scores 1 and 5 minutes after delivery, indicating they were of lesser health than newborns who were not exposed to SSRIs before birth.
