Table 2.

Primary and secondary nutritional outcomes. Data are presented as mean ± SD

	PF N 35	PDHM N 35	p
Time to full enteral feeding, d	12.3 ± 7.0	12.8 ± 6.5	0.76
Minimal enteral feeding, d	3.0 ± 2.6	2.6 ± 2.2	0.52
Nihil per os, d	2.0 ± 1.7	1.7 ± 1.7	0.57
Parenteral nutrition duration, d	9.1 ± 6.8	7.9 ± 6.6	0.45
Total fluids intake, mL/Kg/d	142.3 ± 6.3	143.6 ± 7.7	0.45
Total intravenous fluids intake, mL/Kg/d	70.6 ± 42.7	64.3 ± 41	0.52
Total enteral fluids intake, mL/Kg/d	68.2 ± 41.1	76.5 ± 37.6	0.29
Total caloric intake, Kcal/Kg/d	89.4 ± 7.7	79.3 ± 9.6	< 0.001
Total protein intake, g/Kg/d	3.2 ± 0.4	2.4 ± 0.9	< 0.001
Own mother’s milk, mL/Kg/d	19.1 ± 24.5	23.7 ± 27.6	0.45
Own mother’s milk, % of total enteral intake	28	31	1
Total PDHM, mL/Kg/d	0.0 ± 0.0	52.8 ± 37.5	< 0.001
Total PF, mL/Kg/d	49.1 ± 42.7	0.0 ± 0.0	< 0.001