Question

Create a chart explaining the importance of the APGAR score for a diabetic newborn

. 1. Make sure to recognize a normal and abnormal APGAR scores with the diabetic newborn.

2. What type of complications the nurse or medical team can foresee to assess.

3. Are the assessment findings different from an average normal newborn? Briefly explain.

Answer 1

1.Make sure to recognize a normal and abnormal APGAR scores with the diabetic newborn.

The Apgar (pronounced ap-gär) score was developed in the 1950s by Dr. Virginia Apgar as a way to assess newborns quickly and detect the need for intervention to help establish breathing. The Apgar score is recorded at 1 and 5 minutes after birth. In some cases, the infant also is assessed at 10 minutes of age.

The Apgar score is just a single pointer of infant wellbeing and this appraisal alone isn't utilized to foresee long haul soundness of the newborn child. In spite of the fact that it has various restrictions (e.g., sound preterm babies may get a low score because of adolescence), the Apgar score can be utilized to recognize diminished breath and assess the infant's reaction to revival endeavors.

In this assessment, the baby's heart rate, breathing (respiration), muscle tone, reflex irritability (response to insertion of a thin tube [catheter] into the nostril), and color are evaluated and each assigned a value ranging from 0 to 2.

Sign Heart Rate Respiration Muscle Tone Reflex Irritability Absent Absent Limp No response Apgar Score 2 Slow (<100/minute) Slow, irregular, weak cry Some flexion (bending) Grimace >100/minute Active motion Cry, cough, sneeze, active withdrawal Color Blue or pale Acrocyanotic (body pink, arms and legs blue) Completely pink

Much of the time, a 5-minute Apgar score of 7– 10 is viewed as typical and a score of 4– 6 is viewed as middle of the road. A 5-minute Apgar score of 0– 3 is viewed as low and may show a neurological condition (e.g., cerebral paralysis). In infants with a 5-minute score of under seven, the assessment ought to be rehashed at 5-minute interims for up to 20 minutes after birth.

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