September 14, 2025
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Newborns

Apgar Scores Explained

Apgar scoring system was developed by Virginia Apgar, a physician and anesthesiologist, in 1952. The purpose of this scoring system was to evaluate the condition of a newborn child at birth. According to the Apgar system, infants are evaluated based on five variables: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color. A numerical […]

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Diagnosis and Management of Concussions in Children

According to American Academy of Neurology, concussion is a biomechanically induced clinical syndrome related to alterations in brain function. The injury can be caused by a direct blow to the head, face, or neck or by a blow elsewhere to the body with force transmitted to the head. Loss of consciousness occurs in only 8%-19% […]

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