Table 3.

Trials of outpatient abdominal surgery

Author	Surgery	No. of patients	Blinding	Duration of surgery	Intervention	Fast	Postop. oral fluid intake	Effect of fluid
Keane and Murray [65]	Mixed outpatient surgery	212 in 2 groups	No	18 min	1000 mL Hartman’s solution + 1000 mL DW vs. no fluid	?	?	↓ Thirst, drowsiness, headache and dizziness → Nausea
Spencer [66]	Minor gynecologic surgery	100 in 2 groups	No	8 min	1 L CSL vs. no fluid	?	?	↓ Dizziness and nausea
Cook et al. [67]	Gynecologic laparoscopy	75 in 3 groups	Yes	20 min	CSL 20 mL/kg vs. CSL + DW 20 mL/kg vs. no fluid	11–16 h	?	↓ Dizziness and drowsiness ↓ LOS in Dextrose group
Yogendran et al. [70]	Mixed outpatient surgery	200 in 2 groups	Yes	28 min	Plasmolyte 20 mL/kg (1215 mL) vs. Plasmolyte 2 mL/kg (164 mL)	8–13 h	?	↓ Thirst, dizziness and drowsiness → PONV
McCaul et al. [71]	Gynecologic laparoscopy	108 in 3 groups	Yes	22 min	CSL 1,5 mL/kg/fasting h (1115 mL) vs. CSL + DW 1.5 mL/kg/fasting h (1148 mL) vs. no fluid	11,5 h	?	→ PONV ↑ Thirst in CSL + DW group
Magner et al. [68]	Gynecologic laparoscopy	141 in 2 groups	Yes	20 min	CSL 30 mL/kg vs. CSL 10 mL/kg	13 h	?	↓ PONV → Dizziness and thirst
Holte et al. [69]	Laparoscopic cholecystectomy	48 in 2 groups	Yes	68 min	LR 15 mL/kg (998 mL) vs. 40 mL/kg (2928 mL)	2 h	Mean 600 mL	↓ LOS ↓ Thirst, nausea, dizziness, and drowsiness ↑ Well-being and pulmonary function

DW Dextrose in water 5 %, CSL compound sodium lactose (Na:131, K:5, Ca:2, Cl:111, Lactate:29 mmol/l), LR lactated Ringers solution, PONV postoperative nausea and vomiting

↑significantly increased, ↓ significantly decreased, → no significant changes, ?: not given