Research Article

Postnatal Growth Restriction Is Reduced If Birth Weight Is Used for Nutritional Calculations in ELBW Infants

Table 4

Nutritional intake after regaining birth weight to the time of discharge.

ParameterPeriodMeanStd. DevSignificance (P value)

Protein g/kg/day2005-093.230.320.131
2012-143.360.36
Calories kg/day2005-09110.126.410.035
2012-14113.36.01
Fluids cc/kg/day2005-09143.0410.380.117
2012-14139.538.1