Comparison 4. Restrictive versus goal‐directed fluid therapy ‐ sensitivity analysis as per exclusion of Colantonio 2015 study.

Outcome or subgroup title	No. of studies	No. of participants	Statistical method	Effect size
1 Major complications	4	404	Risk Ratio (M‐H, Random, 95% CI)	1.12 [0.60, 2.10]
2 All‐cause mortality	5	464	Risk Difference (M‐H, Fixed, 95% CI)	0.02 [‐0.01, 0.04]
3 Peto OR all‐cause mortality	5	464	Peto Odds Ratio (Peto, Fixed, 95% CI)	3.70 [0.74, 18.44]