Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)
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Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed that infants who were previously set aside as too sick to survive, despite low Apgar scores, could recover with immediate medical attention. Additionally, Apgar researched the effects of anesthesia used during childbirth and advocated for the prevention and management of birth defects [5]. Apgar's work led to a decrease in infant mortality rates in the mid-twentieth century and into the twenty-first century, and hospitals around the world still used the Apgar score at one and five minutes after birth.
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Virginia Apgar (1909-1974)
Virginia Apgar worked as an obstetrical anesthesiologist, administering drugs that reduce women's pain during childbirth, in the mid-twentieth century US. In 1953, Apgar created a scoring system using five easily assessable measurements, including heart rate and breathing rate, to evaluate whether or not infants would benefit from medical attention immediately after birth. Apgar's system showed...
متن کاملVirginia Apgar (1909-1974): neurological evaluation of the newborn infant.
ence. At a time when few women even attended college [1] , she was determined to be a doctor [2] . In September 1929, she entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University. In dire fi nancial diffi culties at the time of the stock market crash, Apgar had to borrow money from family friends. She graduated in 1933, fourth in her class, a member of Alpha Omega Alpha Society, an...
متن کاملEvaluation of the Newborn Infant--Second Report (1958), by Virginia Apgar et al
Virginia Apgar and colleagues wrote "Evaluation of the Newborn Infant?Second Report" in 1958. This article explained that Apgar's system for evaluating infants' condition after birth accurately predicted the health of infants. Apgar had developed the scoring system in 1953 to provide a simple method for determining if an infant needed medical attention after birth. The research team, working at...
متن کاملEvaluation of the Newborn Infant--Second Report (1958), by Virginia Apgar et al
Virginia Apgar and colleagues wrote "Evaluation of the Newborn Infant?Second Report" in 1958. This article explained that Apgar's system for evaluating infants' condition after birth accurately predicted the health of infants. Apgar had developed the scoring system in 1953 to provide a simple method for determining if an infant needed medical attention after birth. The research team, working at...
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