Pediatrics

At 1 and 5 minutes of life (repeated every 5 min if score remains low).

Appearance (color), Pulse (heart rate), Grimace (reflex irritability), Activity (muscle tone), and Respiration.

To prevent vitamin K deficiency bleeding (hemorrhagic disease of the newborn), since neonates have low vitamin K stores.

Erythromycin (0.5%) ophthalmic ointment applied to both eyes shortly after birth.

Metabolic/genetic heel-stick screen, hearing screen, and critical congenital heart disease (CCHD) pulse oximetry screen.

Physiologic jaundice appears after 24 hours and peaks days 3-5; jaundice in the first 24 hours of life is pathologic until proven otherwise.