The characteristics of the 173 patients (median age three years,
88 girls) hospitalized in the general pediatric unit are presented
in Table 2. Figure 1 shows the numbers of potential participants
and participants at various points in the study. The mean duration of hospitalization was 3.9 ± 3.3 days (median 3, IQR 1 to 5
days). Ten patients received bolus gavages, three received central