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The Apgar score was devised in 1952 by Dr. Virginia Apgar as a simple and repeatable method to quickly and summarily assess the health of newborn children immediately after childbirth.[Apgar, Virginia (1953). "A proposal for a new method of evaluation of the newborn infant". Curr. Res. Anesth. Analg. 32 (4): 260–267. PMID 13083014. ][Finster M; Wood M. (April 2005). "The Apgar score has survived the test of time". Anesthesiology 102 (4): 855-857. PMID 15791116. ] Virginia Apgar was a pediatrician and anesthesiologist who developed the score to ascertain the effects of anaesthetic agents on neonates.
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