Virginia Apgar
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Virginia Apgar was a pediatrician, best known for Notes on anesthesia.
Quick Facts About Virginia Apgar
- Born
- June 7, 1909
- Died
- August 7, 1974
- Profession
- Pediatrician
- Notable works
- Notes on anesthesia
About Virginia Apgar
Virginia Apgar was an American physician, obstetrical anesthesiologist and medical researcher, best known as the inventor of the Apgar score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth in order to combat infant mortality. In 1952, she developed the 10-point Apgar score to assist physicians and nurses in assessing the status of newborns. Given at one minute and five minutes after birth, the Apgar test measures a child's breathing, skin color, reflexes, motion, and heart rate. A friend said, "She probably did more than any other physician to bring the problem of birth defects out of back rooms." She was a leader in the fields of anesthesiology and teratology, and introduced obstetrical considerations to the established field of neonatology.
Biography source: Wikipedia
