Safeguarding newborns: The medical contributions of Virginia Apgar
10.3760/cma.j.cn113903-20240604-00398
- VernacularTitle:护佑新生儿：弗吉尼亚·阿普加的医学贡献
- Author:
Xun ZHOU
1
;
Wenpei TANG
Author Information
1. 北京大学医学人文学院，北京 100191
- Keywords:
Anesthesiology;
Neonatology;
Birth defects;
Perinatology;
Virginia Apgar
- From:
Chinese Journal of Perinatal Medicine
2024;27(9):789-792
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
This article provides a detailed review of Virginia Apgar's life experience, medical education, and career development, as well as her outstanding achievements in medicine. Apgar promoted the independent and specialized development of anesthesiology. She was concerned about maternal and neonatal health for a long time, created a neonatal scoring system based on clinical experience, the Apgar Score, and was committed to scientific research and dissemination of birth defects.
