Virginia Apgar
弗吉尼亚·阿普加
Creator of the Apgar Score for Newborns
“Nobody, but nobody, is going to stop breathing on me.”
“没有人，任何人都不能在我面前停止呼吸。”
— Widely attributed, from clinical practice
Biography
Virginia Apgar developed the Apgar Score in 1952, a simple and rapid method to assess the health of newborn babies immediately after birth. This five-criteria scoring system — Appearance, Pulse, Grimace, Activity, Respiration — has been used on virtually every baby born in a modern hospital and is credited with dramatically reducing infant mortality worldwide. She was also the first woman to become a full professor at Columbia University's medical school.
弗吉尼亚·阿普加于1952年开发了阿普加评分，一种在婴儿出生后立即快速评估新生儿健康状况的简单方法。这个五项标准评分系统——外观、脉搏、反射、活动、呼吸——几乎在现代医院出生的每个婴儿身上使用，被认为大幅降低了全球婴儿死亡率。她也是哥伦比亚大学医学院第一位女性正教授。
Key Achievements
Created the Apgar Score used worldwide on newborns
创建了全球使用的新生儿阿普加评分
Dramatically reduced infant mortality globally
大幅降低了全球婴儿死亡率
First female full professor at Columbia medical school
哥伦比亚大学医学院第一位女性正教授
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Virginia Apgar — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Apgar
- Apgar, V. 'A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant,' Anesthesia & Analgesia, 1953.
