Standardized Application of Laxatives and Physical Measures in Neurosurgical Intensive Care Patients Improves Defecation Pattern but Is Not Associated with Lower Intracranial Pressure

Table 4

Daily fluid balance.

	MW; Standard care group; (L)	MW; Intervention group; (L)	MD; (L)	95% CI	level
Day 1	0.76	0.91	−0.15	−0.73; 0.42	0.59
Day 2	1.20	1.40	−0.20	−0.91; 0.51	0.57
Day 3	0.89	0.87	0.01	−0.42; 0.45	0.95
Day 4	0.46	0.75	−0.29	−0.76; 0.17	0.21
Day 5	0.21	0.33	−0.12	−0.58; 0.33	0.60

MW: mean value, MD: mean difference, and CI: confidence interval.