Apgar score

a integrated approach to determining the health status of newborns in the context of child mortality.
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Summary

Apgar score is a medical scale[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of medical_scale entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (568 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Apgar score is credited with the discovery of Virginia Apgar[3].
  • Apgar score's instance of is recorded as medical scale[4].
  • Virginia Apgar is named after Apgar score[5].
  • Apgar score's Commons category is recorded as Apgar score[6].
  • Apgar score's NCI Thesaurus ID is recorded as C73437[7].
  • Apgar score's health specialty is recorded as neonatology[8].
  • Apgar score's health specialty is recorded as obstetrics[9].
  • Apgar score's P14541 is recorded as 2sBswm[10].

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Designation and Status

Apgar score's instance of is recorded as medical scale[4].

History and Context

Virginia Apgar is named after Apgar score[5].

Why It Matters

Apgar score ranks in the top 10% of medical_scale entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (568 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] It is known by 57 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 18d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'az', 'bs', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cv', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'f
    Gnd id → 4825255-4
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/56529|batch #56529]]: Import GNDs from dewiki"
  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2sBswm
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Health specialty → neonatology, obstetrics
    Instance of → medical scale
    Named after → Virginia Apgar
    Discoverer or inventor → Virginia Apgar
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007294182805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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