1. Virginia Apgar Presented by: Marie Louise E. Fabien IDS 4920 (U04) 09/30/08

2. About Apgar ► She was born June 7 th, 1909 in Westfield, New Jersey ► She was an American physician who specialized in Anesthesia and Pediatrics ► She is mostly known for implementing the “Apgar score”

3. What is Apgar score? Apgar test ► It is the test that helps determine the health of a newborn baby ► To better determine this fact, a test is conducted on five criteria summarized in the name of Apgar ► Dr. Virginia’s last name Apgar is used as a mnemonic learning aid and stands as an acronym for

4. Acronym Significance ► Appearance Skin color ► Pulse Heart rate ► Grimace reflex irritability ► Activity muscle tone ► Respiration

5. Origin and Purpose ► It was implemented in 1952 by Dr. Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method of usage ► It helps assess quickly and summarily the health of newborn children immediately after birth (1-5mns) ► The test is conducted in a scale of zero to 2 summing up the 5 main criteria ► The resulting scores are ranged from 0 to 10

6. Chart and score Interpretations http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apgar_score http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apgar_score http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apgar_score http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Apgar_score ► Scores from 3 and below are critically low ► From 4 to 6 are fairly low ► 7 to 10 normal

7. Test on a normal baby  Jaden Ezra Previllon  Born on July 30 th, 2007 at  Memorial Hospital with 9 as Apgar score ► Based on the score, Jaden is a healthy baby ► However, critically low, fairly low, and normal scoring does not predict the long term health of a baby

8. Test on a premature baby  Premature babies usually have lower Apgar scores than full term babies  They usually have a lower muscle tone (activity) (activity)

9. Facts  Virginia Apgar was one of four women to enter Colombia University college of physicians & Surgeons in 1929 after graduating from Mount Holyoke College  Graduated fourth in her class in 1933 MD  First woman to be a full professor at Columbia University College of P&S in 1949  In 1959, She obtained a master’s degree in Public health from John Hopkins  Apgar died in New York city on august 7 th, 1974 at the tender age of 65  She was never married  In 1995, she was inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame  Until this day her method of determining the health of a baby born is still used effectively and is named after her  The Virginia Apgar award is given annually by the academy of Pediatrics

10. Interesting remarks ► The acronym that her last name formed is also valuable for three languages (German, Spanish, &French) A- Atmung, Aparienca, Apparence P- Puls, Pulso, Pouls G- Grundtonus, Gesticulacion, Grimace A- Aussehen, Actividad, Activite R – Reflexe, Respiracion, Respiration

11. Interesting Remarks suite ► Born on 7 th ► Died on 7 th ► Initials VA for the state is also her First name ► Played Violin and also created one

12. Sources ► http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Apgar http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Apgar ► http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/r emarkable_columbians/virginia_apgar.html http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/r emarkable_columbians/virginia_apgar.html http://c250.columbia.edu/c250_celebrates/r emarkable_columbians/virginia_apgar.html ► http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceof medicine/physicians/biography_12.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceof medicine/physicians/biography_12.html http://www.nlm.nih.gov/changingthefaceof medicine/physicians/biography_12.html ► http://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/first_ days/apgar.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/first_ days/apgar.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/newborn/first_ days/apgar.html

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