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Table 2 Average heart rates and respiratory rates in different newborn care subunits

From: Sound levels and its effect on physiology of low birth weight newborns in a special care newborn unit — a prospective observational study

Inpatient unit

Average at 10 AM

Average heart rate at 5 PM

Average heart rate at 11 PM

 

Heart rate

Resp. rate

Heart rate

Resp. rate

Heart rate

Resp. rate

Level 2 (N = 16)

154 (+ 3.37)

44 (+ 1.91)

146 (+ 4.15)

42 (+ 1.46)

144 (+ 2.90)

44 (+ 2.15)

Level 3 (N = 14)

148 (+ 4.90)

47 (+ 2.23)

144 (+ 4.37)

44 (+ 1.68)

145 (+ 3.95)

42 (+ 2.22)

KMC (N = 10)

124 (+ 5.29)

40 (+ 1.80)

130 (+ 4.25)

41 (+ 1.56)

123 (+ 5.21)

40 (+ 1.86)