Study	Reason for exclusion
Andreucci 1999	this article was a review of existing literature on diuretics in renal failure and not congestive heart failure
Bateman 1999	this article was not a randomized controlled trial but rather, a review of the existing literature regarding the efficacy of continuous infusion of furosemide vs intermittent administration in congestive heart failure and post‐operative cardiac surgery
Ferguson 1997	the study's endpoint of excretion of an exogenous sodium load was not consistent with the predetermined endpoints set for this metaanalysis
Howard 1997	this study dealt with continuous intravenous infusion of bumetanide but no comparison was done with bolus administration of bumetanide
Howard 2001	this study was a prospective trial of consecutively admitted patients > 65 years old with congestive heart failure, class IV given continuous furosemide infusion but no direct comparison was done with patients patients given bolus doses of furosemide
Martin 1994	the article was not a randomized controlled trial but rather, a review of the existing literature comparing bolus vs. continuous infusion of loop diuretics in various clinical conditions
Ravnan 2000	the article was not a randomized controlled trial but rather, a review of the existing literature comparing bolus vs. continuous infusion of loop diuretics in adult heart failure
Yelton 1995	this article was not a randomized controlled trial but rather, a review of the existing literature on the role of continuous infusion of loop diuretics in various clinical conditions