{
  "slug": "apgar-score",
  "title": "Apgar Score Calculator",
  "heading": "Apgar Score Calculator",
  "category": "fitness-health",
  "url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/apgar-score",
  "summary": "Score a newborn across the five Apgar criteria.",
  "description": "Add appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, and respiration into the standard 0–10 Apgar score used at one and five minutes after birth.",
  "formula": "Sum of five criteria scored 0, 1, or 2 each.",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-30",
  "run_url": "https://www.revenuelab.fyi/api/public/calc?tool=apgar-score",
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "appearance",
      "label": "Appearance (skin color) 0–2",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "pulse",
      "label": "Pulse 0–2",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "grimace",
      "label": "Grimace (reflex) 0–2",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 1,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "activity",
      "label": "Activity (tone) 0–2",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 2
    },
    {
      "id": "respiration",
      "label": "Respiration 0–2",
      "kind": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "default": 2,
      "unit": null,
      "min": 0,
      "max": 2
    }
  ],
  "outputs": [
    {
      "id": "total",
      "label": "Apgar score",
      "format": "number",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "id": "band",
      "label": "Interpretation band",
      "format": "raw",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    },
    {
      "id": "pct",
      "label": "Score as percentage",
      "format": "percent",
      "hint": null,
      "primary": false
    }
  ],
  "worked_example": {
    "inputs": [
      "Appearance (skin color) 0–2: 2",
      "Pulse 0–2: 2",
      "Grimace (reflex) 0–2: 1",
      "Activity (tone) 0–2: 2",
      "Respiration 0–2: 2"
    ],
    "outputs": [
      "Apgar score: 9",
      "Interpretation band: Reassuring (7–10)",
      "Score as percentage: 90%"
    ]
  },
  "how_to": {
    "title": "How to use this",
    "steps": [
      "Enter appearance (skin color) 0–2.",
      "Enter pulse 0–2.",
      "Enter grimace (reflex) 0–2.",
      "Enter activity (tone) 0–2.",
      "Enter respiration 0–2.",
      "Read your apgar score on the right — it updates as you type.",
      "Hit Share to keep the scenario or send it to someone."
    ]
  },
  "scenarios": [
    {
      "name": "Conservative",
      "description": "Lower-end numbers — what if things land soft?",
      "values": {
        "appearance": 1,
        "pulse": 1,
        "grimace": 1,
        "activity": 1,
        "respiration": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Typical",
      "description": "Defaults — the most common real-world setup.",
      "values": {
        "appearance": 2,
        "pulse": 2,
        "grimace": 1,
        "activity": 2,
        "respiration": 2
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Ambitious",
      "description": "Higher-end numbers — what if things really pop?",
      "values": {
        "appearance": 2,
        "pulse": 2,
        "grimace": 2,
        "activity": 2,
        "respiration": 2
      }
    }
  ],
  "limitations": [
    "Population formulas describe averages; individual bodies vary, especially at the extremes of height, age, or muscle mass.",
    "Results do not account for medical conditions, medication, or pregnancy.",
    "Use this as a directional reference, not a diagnosis — talk to a clinician before acting on it."
  ],
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "Does a low one-minute score predict outcomes?",
      "a": "Not on its own. The five-minute score and its trend matter far more, and Apgar was never designed as a prognostic tool."
    },
    {
      "q": "When is it scored?",
      "a": "At one and five minutes, and every five minutes thereafter if the score stays below 7."
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "license": "CC-BY-4.0",
  "citation": "RevenueLab — Apgar Score Calculator (https://www.revenuelab.fyi/toolbox/apgar-score)"
}