Virginia Apgar
1909-1974
American Obstetric Anesthesiologist
Virginia Apgar was an obstetric anesthesiologist best known for developing a scoring system to evaluate newborn babies that is now used aro...
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Apgar, Virginia (1909-1974)
American pediatrician who created a scale for assessing newborn infant health.
Virginia Apgar graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1929 and earned her M.D. degree from t...
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Medical instructor and researcher Virginia Apgar (1909-1974) revolutionized the field of perinatology--the care of infants around the time of birth--with her development of the Apgar Newborn Scoring S...
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Within minutes of birth, virtually every child today receives an Apgar Score from a delivery nurse or midwife. This simple but crucial test devised in 1952 by Virginia Apgar evaluates infants immediat...
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Apgar was an American pediatrician who created a scale for assessing newborn infant health. She graduated from Mount Holyoke College in 1929 and earned her M.D. degree from the College of Physicians a...
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Virginia Apgar
Apgar, Virginia (1909-1974)
Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar