Table 3.

In-Hospital Outcomes.

	SNP	ANP	F/X2	P
	(n = 26)	(n = 26)
Weight gain (gr/kg/day), mean (SD), range	15.20 (2.8), 9.7–23.9	18.87 (3.0), 13.2–25.0	5.95	0.021
Length growth (cm/week), mean (SD), range	0.95 (0.5), 0.1–2.3	0.88 (0.2), 0.3–1.4	0.62	NS
Head circumference growth (cm/week), mean (SD), range	0.52 (0.2), 0.2–0.9	0.70 (0.2), 0.1–1.1	7.60	0.010
Milk volume, ml/kg, mean (SD), range	150.52 (17.6), 115.6–200.9	160.7 (7.3), 149.3–198.8	0.12	NS
Days of PN, mean (SD), range	38.75 (29.6), 9–106	7.36 (2.7), 2–14	15.86	< 0.0005
Days to achieve full feeding, mean(SD), range	28.50 (17.2), 9-78	7.50 (2.0), 4-12	28.40	< 0.0005
Weight at full feeding, mean(SD), range	895.42 (294.8), 535–1620	748.8 (112.70),526–940	2.68	NS
Days of hospitalization, mean (SD), range	78.08 (21.32),46–145	60.0 (13.3),31–81	21.85	< 0.0005
EUGR, n (%)	22 (84.6%)	16 (61.5%)	3.52	0.06

SNP, Standard Nutrition Protocol; ANP, Aggressive Nutrition Protocol; PN, Parenteral Nutrition; EUGR, Extra-Uterine Growth Restriction.