Table 3

Amounts of maternal fluids in millilitres (N = 109)

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


Data were not normally distributed

Shapiro-Wilk test used to determine normality

Noel-Weiss et al. International Breastfeeding Journal 2011 6:9   doi:10.1186/1746-4358-6-9

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