Evaluation of Pulse Rate, Oxygen Saturation, and Respiratory Effort after Different Types of Feeding Methods in Preterm Newborns

Table 3

PR at different time points for all the feeding methods.

	PR	Before	After	5 min	10 min	15 min	30 min	1 hr	2 hr	3 hr
BF	Mean	146.96	143	152.58	148.33	146.11	142.72	140.47	138.64	142.41
	SD	11.94	9.26	16	13.55	12.66	12.54	13.29	12.98	12.88
	value		0.019	0.098	0.613	0.734	0.088	0.004	0.001	0.006
SF	Mean	143.30	141.95	152.69	148.92	148.66	146.36	144.44	144.25	144.71
	SD	10.23	12.07	11.06	11.37	10.74	11.23	11.09	12.4	12.85
	value		0.176	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.011	0.32	0.504	0.361
GF	Mean	155.33	155.51	154.48	156	154.83	152.82	153.57	151.69	155.08
	SD	13.35	13.61	13.18	14.61	15.89	15.91	14.52	14.87	11.5
	value		0.9	0.618	0.704	0.812	0.203	0.293	0.062	0.882
BS	Mean	150.92	151.48	151.69	149.75	149.89	146.19	148.20	148.67	147.87
	SD	15.1	16.11	16.32	14.7	14.67	15.48	13.56	13.08	12.23
	value		0.659	0.647	0.453	0.518	0.006	0.055	0.152	0.031
BG	Mean	144.70	142.54	159	154.48	152.38	151.19	146.32	146.19	146.58
	SD	15.87	15.28	12.13	11.89	12.3	12.45	11.06	12.32	14.36
	value		0.211	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001	0.007	0.414	0.464	0.161
SG	Mean	146.8	145.85	154.14	151.54	150.88	149.25	146.97	144.74	147.34
	SD	13	14.05	9.97	9.87	11.24	11.16	8.98	10.12	12.2
	value		0.525	0.002	0.004	0.025	0.155	0.899	0.267	0.752
BSG	Mean	150.97	152.66	159.77	159.19	156.38	152.97	150.72	150.5	151.22
	SD	10.9	12.23	9.91	9.46	8.68	7.77	9.91	9.31	9.4
	value		0.313	<0.001	<0.001	0.01	0.264	0.907	0.76	0.876