You are assessing a newborn baby for her Apgar score and find the baby's body is pink, but her extremities are blue, her pulse rate is 80 beats per minute, her respirations are slow and irregular, she does not grimace, and her muscle tone is limp. What is her Apgar score?

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The Apgar score is calculated by assessing five criteria: Appearance (2 points for pink all over, 1 point for pink body with blue extremities), Pulse (2 points for >100 bpm, 1 point for <100 bpm), Grimace (2 points for crying, 1 point for grimacing), Activity (2 points for active motion, 1 point for some flexion), and Respiration (2 points for good crying, 1 point for slow/irregular breathing). In this case: Appearance = 1, Pulse = 1, Grimace = 0, Activity = 0, Respiration = 1. Total score = 3.

You Are Assessing a Newborn Baby for Her Apgar Score