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Table 3 Amounts of maternal fluids in millilitres (N = 109)

From: An observational study of associations among maternal fluids during parturition, neonatal output, and breastfed newborn weight loss

Category of fluids

n

Mean (SD)

Median

Range

IV fluids in last

2 hrs before birth

43

713 (852)

400

0 to 3100

IV fluids admit to birth

93

1578 (1215)

1500

0 to 5800

Oral fluids admit to birth

82

626 (672)

400

0 to 3000

All fluids admit to birth

81

2129 (1516)

1850

0 to 7200

  1. Data were not normally distributed
  2. Shapiro-Wilk test used to determine normality