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What year was Virginia Apgar born?

  • 1909

  • 1910

  • 1911

  • 1912

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1909 marked the birth of Virginia Apgar, an esteemed American physician and anesthesiologist. Her groundbreaking contributions to the field of neonatology include the development of the Apgar score, a widely used method for assessing the health of newborns. This score, introduced in 1952, evaluates five key indicators: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color.
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