APGAR
Score the APGAR on its five components - appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration - at the conventional 1- and 5-minute marks (and 10-minute when indicated).
Open the calculator → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Appearance / color
- 1
- Pulse
- 2
- Grimace / reflex irritability
- 2
- Activity / muscle tone
- 2
- Respiration
- 2
Result: APGAR 9
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What the result means
- 7-10
- Reassuring (normal) at the assessed minute.
- 4-6
- Moderately abnormal (moderately depressed) at the assessed minute.
- 0-3
- Low / severely depressed at the assessed minute.
What you enter
- Appearance / color (0-2)
- Pulse (0-2)
- Grimace / reflex irritability (0-2)
- Activity / muscle tone (0-2)
- Respiration (0-2)
What this is
Sophie Well returns the per-component breakdown and the total (0-10). Source: Apgar V, Curr Res Anesth Analg 1953.
When to use it
Use APGAR for routine newborn assessment in the delivery room and to document neonatal transition. APGAR is a snapshot of resuscitative need, not a predictor of long-term outcome; a low score triggers resuscitation steps, but neonatal resuscitation algorithms (NRP) take precedence over the score itself.
How this is calculated
Apgar V. A proposal for a new method of evaluation of the newborn infant. Curr Res Anesth Analg. 1953;32(4):260-267. Read the source ↗
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