The Apgar Scoring System Is Used to Evaluate an Infant's

question 131

Multiple Choice

The Apgar scoring system is used to evaluate an infant's

• A) status immediately after birth and then again five minutes later.
• B) weight at birth and at one week after birth.
• C) social responses at one day and one week after birth.
• D) strength of crying, blood pressure, and birth-weight immediately after birth.
• E) readiness to be taken home.

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