An initial newborn assessment reveals a heart rate of 76, a weak cry, slight flexion of extremities, a facial grimace, and a trunk pink in color but blue extremities. Which is an appropriate Apgar score?

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The Apgar score is calculated based on five criteria: heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and color. Each criterion is scored on a scale of 0 to 2. For the given assessment: Heart rate of 76 scores 1 (since it's below 100), a weak cry indicates some respiratory effort so scores 1, slight flexion of extremities indicates some muscle tone so scores 1, a facial grimace as a response to stimuli scores 1 for reflex irritability, and a trunk pink but blue extremities scores 1 for body color (since not completely pink). Adding these scores gives a total Apgar score of 5.

An Initial Newborn Assessment Reveals a Heart Rate of 76