| Study | Reason for exclusion |
|---|---|
| Ackland 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Benes 2010 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Bisgaard 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Bloom 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Buettner 2008 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Bundgaard‐Nielsen 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Calvo 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Calvo‐Vecino 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Cecconi 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Cesur 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Challand 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Chattopadhyay 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Chytra 2007 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Concha 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Corbella 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Cordero‐Rochet 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Correa‐Gallego 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Demirel 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Dhawan 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Elgendy 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Foppa 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Forget 2009 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Forget 2010 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Forget 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Fukui 2009 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Funcke 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Funk 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Futier 2010 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Gerent 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Gómez‐Izquierdo 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Hand 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Hughes 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Johnson 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Joosten 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Kaufmann 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Kellman 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Kulkarni 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Kumar 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Lai 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Li 2011 | Wrong comparison. The control group did not meet the criteria for GDFT |
| Liang 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Lilot 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Liu 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Lobo 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Lopes 2007 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Luo 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Martini 2009 | The study was classified as meeting the inclusion criteria primarily on the basis of the published abstract. However, additional information from study authors revealed that randomization was started without ethical committee full approval (some missing papers), and the study was finally completed as a retrospective analysis |
| McKenny 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Minkovich 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Minto 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Moppett 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Muller 2009 | Wrong comparison. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Munoz 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| NCT03193320 | The study has not been started. Study authors were not able to conduct the study ‐ information was obtained through email contact with study authors |
| Noblett 2006 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Park 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Peng 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Pillai 2011 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Rath 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Schmid 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Sundaram 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Szturz 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Van der Linden 2010 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Vanakas 2012 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Venn 2002 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Wakeling 2005 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Wen 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Wilmin 2009 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Wilson 1999 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Xiao 2015 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Xu 2017 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Yu 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Zakhaleva 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Zeng 2014 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Zhao 2018 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Zheng 2013 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
| Zheng 2016 | Wrong intervention. The intervention group did not meet the criteria for RFT |
RFT: restrictive fluid therapy.