newborn period

… to evaluate the condition of newborn infants and to identify those that require life-sustaining medical assistance, such as resuscitation. The Apgar score is a qualitative measurement of a newborn’s success in adapting to the environment outside the uterus.

…well-being of children begin at birth. The Apgar Score System, named for American physician and anesthesiologist Virginia Apgar, is obtained at one and five minutes after birth and indicates the condition of the newborn. A score of 0 (absent), 1, or 2 is given for each of the five parameters,…

…earliest age at which a newborn can survive without medical assistance.

The average newborn infant weighs 3.4 kg (7.5 pounds) and is about 51 cm (20 inches) long. The newborn gains weight at an average of 170 to 200 g (6 to 7 ounces) per week for the first three months. Growth continues, but the rate gradually declines…

The newborn lung is far from being a miniaturized version of the adult lung. It has only about 20 million to 50 million alveoli, just a small percentage of the full adult complement. Therefore, alveolar formation is completed in the early postnatal period. Although it was…

A newborn mammal has no opportunity to develop protective antibodies on its own, unless, as happens very rarely, it was infected while in the uterus. Yet it is born into an environment similar to its mother’s, which contains all the potential microbial invaders to which she…