Table 2.
Energy and protein delivery in children with any enteral nutrition interruption and without enteral nutrition interruptions.
Enteral Nutrition Interruption (n = 28) |
No Enteral Nutrition Interruption (n = 47) |
p Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Median delivered caloric intake (kcal/kg/day) | 51 (20–92) | 70.6 (50.5–101.2) | 0.056 |
Median delivered protein intake (g/kg/day) | 1.5 (0.75–2.3) | 1.9 (1.1–2.6) | 0.28 |
Difference between prescribed and delivered caloric intake (kcal/day) | 62 (33–189.8) | 0 | <0.001 * |
Difference between prescribed and delivered protein intake (g/day) | 2 (0.8–7.9) | 0 | <0.001 * |
* Statistically significant value.