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Mind Map by Joseph Gianotti, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Joseph Gianotti
over 3 years ago
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Virginia Apgar
- First woman at Columbia University College
of Physicians and Surgeons to be named a full
professor
- Designed and introduced the Apgar Score in
1952; the first standardized method for
evaluating a newborn’s transition to life
outside the womb
- Studied obstetrical anesthesia (the effects
of anesthesia given to a mother during
labor on her newborn baby)
- The Collaborative Project, a huge study
involving 17,221 babies, established that
her score, especially the 5-minute score,
can predict neonatal survival and
neurological development
- *Refer to Early Child
Development/Care section
for more information on
the Apgar Scale.
- *Refer to Early Child
Development/Care section
for more information on
the Apgar Scale.
- Worked for the National Foundation for
Infantile Paralysis to raise awareness
about birth defects and to raise money
for medical research
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