Table 2.

Eligibility criteria

	Inclusion criteria
Study design	Meta-analyses, OR systematic reviews, OR published guidelines or protocols, OR randomised control studies, OR non-randomised control studies OR reviews, OR case series.
Population	Term neonate patients, gestational age (≥37 weeks). Population without any major multicomorbidities. Excluded are: population with abdominal wall defects (gastroschisis and omphalocele); population with necrotising enterocolitis.
Type of surgery	Surgery performed in the first 4 weeks of life. For appropriate subtopics (eg, nutrition), studies will be restricted to intestinal resection procedures (intestinal repair, colon resection, bowel resection, laparoscopic resection, small bowel resection, colectomy and partial colectomy), OR stoma/ostomy, OR anastomoses.
Intervention (for ERAS Recommendation)	Satisfies the following ERAS elements: An action/intervention that can be performed in the preoperative, intraoperative or postoperative period prior to discharge from hospital. An action/intervention that has an evidence-supported link to a measurable improvement in clinical outcome or system efficiency. An action/intervention that, despite good evidence of benefit, is inconsistently performed. An action/intervention that is simply defined and applied. An action/intervention that is easily measured as having been completed.

ERAS, Enhanced Recovery After Surgery.