Table 2. Follow-up clinical characteristics of the infant population.

IVH: intraventricular hemorrhage; PCO2: partial pressure of carbon dioxide in blood; SD: standard deviation; Hct: hematocrit

Clinical variable	IVH (Grade III or IV); N =17	No IVH; N = 14	p-value
Day 1
PCO2, mean (SD)	45.15 (12.00)	37.93 (5.06)	0.03
Hct, mean (SD)	37.26 (7.87)	40.03 (9.25)	0.375
Calorie intake, mean (SD)	2.86 (11.28)	28.19 (6.71)	0.222
Protein intake, median (range)	2.20 (1.40-3.20)	2.40 (1.70-4.40)	0.281
Serum glucose, mean (SD)	115.57 (44.16)	92.19 (33.83)	0.115
Base excess, median (range)	-7.00 (-19.33--2.00)	-7.45 (-10.00--2.00)	1.000
Urine output, mean (SD)	3.73 (1.77)	2.98 (1.50)	0.292
Day 2
PCO2, mean (SD)	41.65 (10.07)	39.97 (12.26)	0.678
Hct, mean (SD)	35.42 (5.08)	40.82 (6.74)	0.02
Calorie intake, mean (SD)	44.32 (17.47)	32.23 (7.20)	0.03
Protein intake, mean (SD)	2.25 (0.68)	2.51 (0.62)	0.323
Serum glucose, median (Range)	123.50 (78.00-315.75)	119.90 (44.33-193.00)	0.311
Base excess, median (Range)	-7.00 (-16.00--4.00)	-7.45 (-10.80--5.00)	0.781
Urine output, mean (SD)	3.76 (1.64)	3.47 (0.95)	0.609
Day 3
PCO2, mean (SD)	57.11 (17.56)	55.28 (9.91)	0.756
Hct, median (Range)	37.05 (28.33-602.83)	38.40 (30.80-52.00)	0.286
Calorie intake, mean (SD)	55.31 (14.89)	40.95 (17.28)	0.09
Protein intake, mean (SD)	2.09 (1.21)	3.21 (1.36)	0.08
Serum glucose, median (Range)	146.25 (81.63-195.33)	108.20 (48.00-288.75)	0.237
Base excess, mean (SD)	-9.54 (4.67)	-7.74 (2.22)	0.248
Urine output, mean (SD)	3.45 (1.18)	4.83 (0.83)	0.01
Day 4
PCO2, mean (SD)	58.95 (5.46)	41.49 (27.25)	0.094
Hct, median (range)	34.50 (28.00-38.67)	40.25 (0.00-50.50)	0.340
Calorie intake, mean (SD)	45.58 (15.65)	39.90 (23.04)	0.670
Protein intake, mean (SD)	2.11 (1.04)	2.98 (1.76)	0.392
Serum glucose, mean (SD)	147.20 (54.92)	90.46 (56.56)	0.06
Base excess, mean (SD)	-11.31 (3.47)	-6.44 (4.00)	0.02
Urine output, mean (SD)	3.88 (1.39)	3.38 (1.91)	0.592