The assessment of infants at 1 minute and then again at 5 minutes after birth on the basis of heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and body color is called:
A) Apgar scoring system
B) Brazelton neonatal scale
C) neonatal assessment
D) infant response test

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The Apgar scoring system is used to quickly summarize the health of newborn children against five criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The five criteria are heart rate, respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, and body color.

The Assessment of Infants at 1 Minute and Then Again