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[David Bowie]

From:    Erin McKean <emckean at ENTERACT.COM>

: Apgars are the scores a baby is given at birth and then about
: ten minutes afterwards that add up a bunch of vital signs: how
: blue they are, how well they are breathing, stuff like that.
: It's an eponym; they were developed by a pediatrician named
: Virginia(?) Apgar, who died last year.

Interesting, it's named for a person, Virginia Apgar (who died in 1974,
actually), but APGAR is also used as an acronym (on the page i took the
following from the initial letters of Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity,
and Respiration were bolded).

>From _Pregnancy_today_'s glossary page, at
http://pregnancytoday.com/reference/library/glossary.htm#apgar :

    Apgar Score This is a measurement of a newborn's response
    to birth and life outside the womb. Ratings are based on
    Appearance (color); Pulse (heartbeat); Grimace (reflex);
    Activity (muscle tone) and Respiration (breathing). The
    score is taken at 1 and 5 minutes (sometimes also at 10
    minutes) after birth, the high score being 10 and the low
    score being 1. This scale was named for its creator,
    Virginia Apgar (1909-1974).

David Bowie                                       Department of English
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