Apgar Score

Apgar Scoring

	Sign	0 points	1 point	2 points
A	Activity (Muscle tone)	limp	limbs flexed	active movement
P	Pulse (heart rate)	absent	<>	> 100 /min
G	Grimace (response to smell or foot slap)	absent	grimace	cough or sneeze (nose) cry and withdrawal of foot (foot slap)
A	Appearance (color)	blue	body pink extremities blue	black over
R	Respiration (breathing)	absent	irregular weak crying	good strong cry

The total Apgar score is the sum of the scores for the five signs.