Thermographical Measuring of the Skin Temperature Using Laser Needle Acupuncture in Preterm Neonates

Table 1

Demographic data of the 10 participants of the study.

Number of patients	10
(male/female)	(7/3)
Mean GA	31 weeks + 5 days
Mean birth weight	1703 g (SD = 513.4)
Mean arterial PH from umbilical cord sampling	7.28 (SD = 0.06)
Mean APGAR 1	6.7 (SD = 1.19)
Mean APGAR 5	8.3 (SD = 1.1)
mean APGAR 10	9 (SD = 0.63)
Mean corrected GA, at the time of investigation	36 weeks + 3 days
Mean postgestational age at the time of investigation	33 days (SD = 22)
Mean weight at the time of investigation	2030 g (SD = 250.8)

GA: gestational age; SD: standard deviation of the mean; APGAR: Apgar-Score.