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Micro Teaching Topic
ON
APGAR SCORE
SUBMITTED TO: SUBMITTED BY:
SWETHA MAM: SIDDULA JYOTHSNA:
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR: M.SC (N) FIRST YEAR:
CHILD HEALTH NURSING: CHILD HEALTH NURSING:
V.M.C.O.N. V.M.C.O.N.
UNIT :7
DURATION : 15minutes
PLACE :
LAUNGUAGE : English
OBJECTIVES:
GENERAL OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the class students will be able to gain knowledge regarding New born
care develop positive attitude and acquire new skills practice on new born care.
SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES:
0 points: absent
1 point: less than 100 beats
per minute
2 points: greater than 100
beats per minute
0 points: absent
1 point: facial
movement/grimace with
stimulation
2 points: cough or sneeze,
cry and withdrawal of foot
with stimulation
0 points: absent
1 point: irregular, weak
crying
2 points: good, strong cry0
points: absent
1 point: irregular, weak
crying
Doctors, nurses or midwives score
each factor and add them together
to get the baby's Apgar score.
Scores, therefore, add up to 10 (the
highest possible), but it may be as
low as 0 (zero), indicating the
baby's worst possible condition.
To understand what a baby's
Apgar score means, use this
simple Apgar score chart:
LIMITATIONS
It is important to recognize the
limitations of the Apgar score.
The Apgar score is an expression
of the infant’s physiologic
condition, has a limited time
frame, and includes subjective
components. In addition, the
biochemical Disturbance must be
significant before the score is
affected. Elements of the score
such as tone, color, and reflex
irritability partially depend on the
physiologic maturity of the infant.
The healthy preterm infant with no
evidence of asphyxia may receive
a low score only because of
immaturity.
A number of factors may
influence an Apgar score,
including but not limited to drugs,
trauma, congenital anomalies,
infections, hypoxia, hypovolemia,
and preterm birth
The incidence of low Apgar
scores is inversely related to birth
weight, and a low score is limited
in predicting morbidity or
mortality.
Accordingly, it is inappropriate to
use an Apgar score alone to
establish the diagnosis of
asphyxia.
conclusion