Table 2.

Average daily fluid balance and average daily dose of norepinephrine between the two groups

Day	Casein protein group (n = 17)	Egg white powder group (n = 17)	p value
Average daily fluid balance (mL/day)
Day 1	773.6 ± 151.2	1291.7 ± 332.1	0.17
Day 2	758.2 ± 155.5	766 ± 232.1	0.98
Day 3	736.3 ± 141.8	1039.7 ± 285.9	0.35
Day 4	527.4 ± 190.4	641.5 ± 229.7	0.71
Day 5	790.3 ± 157.7	872.4 ± 216.1	0.76
Day 6	435.4 ± 174.8	754.6 ± 281.3	0.33
Day 7	385.8 ± 157.1	559.2 ± 215.7	0.51
Total fluid balance (mL)	4406.9 ± 546.6	6296.1 ± 1420.9	0.20
Average daily dose of norepinephrine (μg/kg/min)
Day 1	0.008 ± 0.006	0.025 ± 0.011	0.21
Day 2	0.004 ± 0.004	0.002 ± 0.002	0.82
Day 3	0.005 ± 0.005	0.008 ± 0.006	0.72
Day 4	0.008 ± 0.005	0.159 ± 0.008	0.47
Day 5	0.019 ± 0.015	0.012 ± 0.012	0.75
Day 6	0.034 ± 0.03	0.0 ± 0.0	0.27
Day 7	0.034 ± 0.03	0.0 ± 0.0	0.27

All data are expressed as mean ± SEM