What is the maximum possible score for a single Silverman parameter?

What is the maximum possible score for a single Silverman parameter?

• A. 1
• B. 2
• C. 3
• D. 4

Answer: (B)

Neonatal respiratory distress is assessed by scoring five different signs, and each sign is graded on a 0 to 2 scale, where 0 means normal, 1 means mild abnormality, and 2 means marked abnormality. Since a single sign is limited to that 0–2 range, the highest score you can assign to any one parameter is 2. The total Silverman-Anderson score can therefore reach up to 10 if every parameter scores 2. So the maximum possible score for a single Silverman parameter is 2.

Neonatal respiratory distress is assessed by scoring five different signs, and each sign is graded on a 0 to 2 scale, where 0 means normal, 1 means mild abnormality, and 2 means marked abnormality. Since a single sign is limited to that 0–2 range, the highest score you can assign to any one parameter is 2. The total Silverman-Anderson score can therefore reach up to 10 if every parameter scores 2. So the maximum possible score for a single Silverman parameter is 2.