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Virginia Apgar invented the Apgar score in 1952 as a method to quickly summarize the health of newborn children. Apgar was an anesthesiologist who developed the score in order to ascertain the effects of obstetric anesthesia on babies.

The Apgar scale is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The resulting Apgar score ranges from zero to 10. The five criteria are summarized using words chosen to form a backronym (Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration).

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Minor Protective Factor Schizophrenia Brain system	1 study Prenatal and perinatal risk factors for schizophrenia, affective ps... Study in 1999 -3% with Low evidence
Protective Factor Autism Maternity system	1 study Perinatal and Neonatal Risk Factors for Autism: A Comprehensive Met... Study in 2011 -67% with High evidence
Strong Protective Factor Neonatal hemorrhagic ... Brain system	1 study Clinical Characteristics, Risk Factors, and Outcomes Associated Wit... Study in 2017 -1333% with High evidence in 8 years 9,500 subjects

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