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- Oct 15, 2005
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5 components, which are graded 0 to 2. They are HR, Respiratory effort, muscle tone, reflex irritability, color (Barash table 42-4 in obstetric anesthesia chapter)
ACRONYM: SHIRT. S: Skin Color, H: HR, I: Irritability, R: Resp Rate, T: Tone
HR
0: Absent
1: < 100 beats/min
2: > 100 beats/min
Respiratory effort
0: Absent
1: Slow, irregular
2: Good, crying
Muscle tone
0: Limp
1: Some flexion of extremities
2: Active motion
Reflex irritability
0: No response
1: Grimace
2: Cough, sneeze, or cry
Color
0: Pale, blue
1: Body pink, extremities blue
2: Completely pink
ACRONYM: SHIRT. S: Skin Color, H: HR, I: Irritability, R: Resp Rate, T: Tone
HR
0: Absent
1: < 100 beats/min
2: > 100 beats/min
Respiratory effort
0: Absent
1: Slow, irregular
2: Good, crying
Muscle tone
0: Limp
1: Some flexion of extremities
2: Active motion
Reflex irritability
0: No response
1: Grimace
2: Cough, sneeze, or cry
Color
0: Pale, blue
1: Body pink, extremities blue
2: Completely pink
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