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Diagnostic Procedures: Apgar Score

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APGAR SCORE Five criteria of APGAR score: Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, and Respiration.It is scored two times: at 1 and 5 minutes after birth.The first apgar score detects cardiorespiratory-nervous functioning, the second apgar score is used for planning nursing care.Interpretation of score:0-3 is POOR, needs resuscitation.4-6 is FAIR, needs suctioning and oxygenation.7-10 is GOOD, needs only admission care., technorati.com

 

Medical Malpractice Settlement, Brooklyn, NY

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$5,493,000.00 Settlement Medical Malpractice: Midwife mismanaged labor causing brain damage and Cerebral Palsy. The baby?s mother, a lawyer, was in labor for 48 hours following rupture of membranes (bag of waters). During the last 10 hours of labor the baby suffered continuous fetal distress as recorded on the fetal monitoring strips. Despite these ominous signs, the midwife never called for the assistance of an Obstetrician as she was required to do. The midwife and nursing records show, technorati.com

 

Effects on the fetus and newborn of maternal analgesia and anesthesia: a review

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Click here for the full review, published in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia. Here is one paragraph of interest: All opioids have the potential to decrease baseline FHR andreduce variability, making interpretation of fetal CTG recordingspotentially problematic. It has been documented from observationalstudies that parenteral narcotics can be associated with neonatalrespiratory depression, decreased neonatal alertness, inhibitionof sucking, and a delay in effective feeding. When evidencerelate, technorati.com

 

APGAR Score

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P4P.  Evidence-based medicine.  Insurers and policymakers want to be sure that patient insurance premiums are being used towards high quality medical care.One example of quality evaluation in practice is the Apgar Score.  In 1952, Dr. Virginia Apgar developed this metric to evaluate the health of newborns.  Newborns receive a 0, 1, or 2 score on 5 different metrics.  Thus, the total score ranges from 0 to 10.  The test is administered at one minute and five minutes after birth, and sometimes als, technorati.com

 

The Apgar score - just what is that?

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You were pregnant for a long time.  You did all you were supposed to do with diet and exercise and everything else, and then you delivered your little treasure.  The first thing the medical staff did with your bouncing baby was administer the APGAR test and come up with a score.  Did you know anything about it at the time?  I didn?t when I had my kids. Dr. Virginia Apgar was an anesthesiologist best known for developing the ?Apgar Score,? a clinical system for evaluating the physical condition, technorati.com

 

Extrañas y divertidas unidades de medida

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A los humanos nos encanta medir cosas -distancias, pesos, tiempos, etc.- Durante este proceso, a la gente se le ha ocurrido gran infinidad de unidades de medida interesantes e inusuales. Apgar Score - El Apgar Score fue inventado en 1952 por la Dra. Virginia Apgar para evaluar la salud de los recién nacidos, basándose en la A pariencia, P ulso, Muecas - G rimace en Inglés-, A ctividad y R espiración. En un rango del 0 al 10. ( Fuente ) Atomus - En la época medieval, el término Lati, technorati.com

 

Pregnancy From A-Z

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Pregnancy From A-Z is a complete and practical guide to preparing for and experiencing  pregnancy and childbirth , it not only discusses the entire aspects of pregnancy , it also sheds light on what you should do before becoming pregnant to ensure a healthy baby. This magnificant ebook is written by Dr. Irina Webster , a womens and childrens health specialist , she is also a wife and mother herself .  In addition to traditional medicine Dr. Irina Webster explores the alter, technorati.com

 


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