The data shown here are data for a new-born forward, parents “normal”:

  • Average weight: 3300g
  • Average size: 50cm
  • Head circumference: 35 cm
  • Members flexed, hands closed
  • Skin covered with a variable amount of vernix caseosa (sebaceous white fatty substance)
  • cyanosis of the extremities often
  • Fine hairs on the forehead, cheeks, shoulders and back, called lanugo
  • jaundice frequently to 2-3 days, physiological
  • perception of fontanelles
  • Respiratory rate 20 to 60/min
  • Short neck, large tongue, glottis and anterior very high (risk of difficulty in intubation)
  • Heart rate of 120 to 160/min
  • Systolic blood pressure NNE at approximately 70mmHg (PAM = Term)
  • APGAR test near or equal to 10 (see table), assessed at 1 minute and 5 minutes.



APGAR test

Summary

Elements

0

1

2

Heart Rate

 <80 80 <FC <100 > 100

Respiration

 Absent Weak cry Vigorous cry

Muscle tone

 General hypotonia tone end normal tone

Reactivity to pinch

 absence grimace strong reaction

Coloration of the skin

 Cyanotic or white cyanosis of the extremities pink


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