Mukhtar 2009.

Methods	Randomised controlled trial
Participants	40 patients undergoing living donor liver transplantation. Exclusion criteria: retransplantation, history of previous upper abdominal surgery, portal vein thrombosis, < 18 years old, primary renal dysfunction
Interventions	1) 5% HA (n = 20) 2) 6% HES (n = 20)
Outcomes	Death Haemodynamic variables Renal function
Notes	Final follow‐up 4 days postoperatively. Mortality given for 2 weeks postoperatively
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	Unclear risk	Unclear 'sealed envelope' (does not say if opaque or sequentially numbered)