Table 1

Types and volumes of enteral and parenteral nutrition fluids at balance days in 13 extreme preterm infants

Parenteral nutritionEnteral nutritionTotal nutrition
Postnatal age (days)ml/kg/daykcal/kg/dayml/kg/daykcal/kg/dayml/kg/daykcal/kg/day
Values are mean (range).
179 (56–96)31 (24–38)79 (56–96)31 (24–38)
6110 (7–173)63 (3–104)42 (0–189)27 (0–122)152 (95–209)91 (53–125)
1398 (0–152)51 (0–93)56 (0–204)37 (0–133)154 (101–204)88 (56–133)
2765 (0–185)28 (0–104)101 (0–196)65 (0–147)166 (31–196)93 (39–147)