The developing brain and the environment – psych notes continued.

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  APGAR SCALE

v  At one and five months

  Sign                           0                               1                                2

  Appearance             blue                  body pink                         pink

  Colour                                             H  blue           

  Pulse rate                absent               <100                                 >100

  Grimace                  none                 grimace                            cry

  irritability

  activity                   limp                  limb                                  active movement

  muscle tone                                     flexation                                   

  respitory                 none                 slow                                  strong cry

  effort                                               irregular              

§  7-10 = normal

§  3- 6  =moderate hypoxia