Articles of category "After birth"

Very often doctors insist on complex newborn tests. The baby needs thorough care and body condition valuation. Apgar test, ultrasound test, Galactosemina, Thalasemina test, just simple weight and length measuring are inevitable procedures that are essential and basic as newborn testing. During these tests the doctors value infant's color, heart rate, breathing, reflexes, movements, etc...

It is very important to evaluate or vital systems of the baby just after the birth. One of the commonest and most useful baby tests is Apgar test. This test provides possibility to value five essential vital characteristics: breathing, heart rate, color, reflexes and muscle tone. The test is based on two-point system. Maximum score is 10. The test shows baby's general functioning and the running of adaptation process.