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Table 1 Scoring guideline for Apgar score

From: Prediction of low Apgar score at five minutes following labor induction intervention in vaginal deliveries: machine learning approach for imbalanced data at a tertiary hospital in North Tanzania

Sign

0

1

2

Heart rate

Absent

< 100

≥100

Respiratory effort

Absent

Weak cry, hypoventilation

Good, crying

Reflex irritability

No response

Grimace

Cry or active withdrawal

Muscle tone

Limp

Some flexions of extremities

Active motion

Color

Blue, pale

Body pink, extremities blue

Completely pink