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Table 3 Commencement of enteral feeding, full enteral feeding, and days with mother's own milk

From: Does opening a milk bank in a neonatal unit change infant feeding practices? A before and after study

 

2006 (n = 50)

2008 (n = 54)

 
 

Mean ± standard deviation

Range

Mean ± standard deviation

Range

p-value

Hours of life at commencement of EF

42.9 ± 26.4

9 - 137

26.6 ± 22.4

3 - 148

0.00

Hours of life at full EF

229.3 ± 190.2

58 - 1235

185.1 ± 117.8

61 - 713

0.16

1 Days with mother's own milk during 28 days of life

24.2 ± 5.5

7 - 29

23.7 ± 7.3

2 - 29

0.70

  1. Values are expressed as mean, standard deviation and range.
  2. Abbreviation: EF: enteral feeding.
  3. 1 Days that infants received mother's own milk, either exclusively or partially, directly from the breast or by tube or syringe, during the first 28 days of life.