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Your Baby’s First Test: What the Apgar Score Means

This quick test is done in the first few minutes of a baby's life and can help determine whether your newborn needs any medical help.
The New York Times

Why Does a Routine Test of Newborns Reward ‘Pink’ Skin?

The Apgar test grades infants in five areas, including skin tone. Babies of color score lower, and may be subjected to unnecessary treatment. By Roni Caryn Rabin Shortly after they’re born, infants ...
STAT

It’s time to remove skin color from the Apgar Score for newborns

In medicine, inertia can be a strangely powerful force, but Virginia Apgar never succumbed to it. She brought incredible energy to her work in anesthesia, neonatology, and dysmorphology (the study of ...
Reuters

Apgar results depend on who scores the test

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - The 5-minute Apgar score assigned to infants immediately after delivery varies considerably among different observers, Australian investigators concluded after viewing the ...