NCEMI eTools
Apgar score
Scoring System for neonates
Score: 0
Severe asphyxia
Assessment
0-4
Severe asphyxia
>4
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Color
All pink
2 points
Blue extremities/pink body
1 points
Blue/pale
0 points
Heart rate
over 100
2 points
less than 100
1 points
Absent
0 points
Respirations
Good/crying
2 points
Irregular/slow
1 points
Absent
0 points
Response to nose catheter
Sneeze/cough
2 points
Grimace
1 points
None
0 points
Muscle tone
Active
2 points
Some extremity flexion
1 points
Limp
0 points
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