Apgar score
/ˈæpgɑː(r)/noun
- Medicine a measure of the physical condition of a newborn infant. It is obtained by adding points (2,1, or 0) for heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, response to stimulation, and skin coloration; a score of ten represents the best possible condition.【医】阿普伽(新生儿)评分。
词源
1960s: named after Virginia Apgar (1909-74), the American anaesthesiologist who devised this method of assessment in 1953.