Table 1.

EMBASE Search String (RCTs)

Intervention	“albumin” or “fluid administration” or “fluid therapy” or “fluid replacement”
Study setting	“cirrhosis” or “liver fibrosis” or “liver disease” or “liver ascites”
Subjects	Human
Article type	“clinical trial”/de OR “randomized controlled trial”/de OR “randomization”/de OR “single blind procedure”/de OR “double blind procedure”/de OR “crossover procedure”/de OR “placebo”/de OR “prospective study”/de OR “randomi?ed controlled” NEXT/1 trial* OR rct OR “randomly allocated” OR “allocated randomly” OR “random allocation” OR allocated NEAR/2 random OR single NEXT/1 blind* OR double NEXT/1 blind* OR (treble OR triple) NEAR/1 blind* OR placebo*
Excluded article types	“Conference Paper” OR “Review” OR “Correspondence” OR “Commentary” OR “Editorial” OR “Literature Review” OR “Correction/Retraction” OR “Conference Proceeding” OR “Undefined” OR “Front Page/Cover Story” OR “General Information” OR “Letter to the Editor” OR “Case Study” OR “Report” OR “Standard” OR “Conference Papers & Proceedings” OR “Books” OR “Encyclopedias & Reference Works” OR “Government & Official Publications” OR “Dissertations & Theses”
Excluded databases	NOT ”Medline”