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. 2017 Aug 14;2017(8):CD012763. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD012763

Sustic 2012.

Methods Study design: prospective, randomized clinical study
Sample size calculation: no information available
Participants Number of randomized participants: 42
Inclusion criteria: adults undergoing laparoscopic cholecystectomy
Exclusion criteria: no information available
Interventions Anaesthesia: no information available
NMBA: single intubating dose: rocuronium 0.6 mg/kg; maintenance dose: rocuronium 0.15 to 3 mg/kg
Comparison: sugammadex 2 mg/kg (n = 21) vs neostigmine 40 µg/kg + atropine group 15 µg/kg (n = 21)
Administration time of sugammadex or neostigmine: no information available
Outcomes Gastric emptying evaluated by paracetamol absorption test. Paracetamol absorption was assessed from the plasma paracetamol concentration (PPC)
Notes Publication type: meeting abstract
Country: Croatia
Conversions: none
Authors’ conclusions: Although study results show a tendency toward faster gastric emptying in the sugammadex group, this difference is not significant in most, possibly owing to small sample size
Contact: first author Alan Sustic contacted by email: alan.sustic@uniri.hr on 24.05.2016; replied 25.05
* Indicates unpublished data
Risk of bias
Bias Authors' judgement Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias) Low risk Computer randomization *
Allocation concealment (selection bias) Unclear risk Unable to assess owing to insufficient information
Blinding of participants (performance bias) High risk Participants not blinded *
Blinding of personnel (performance bias) High risk Participants not blinded *
Blinding of primary outcome assessment (detection bias) Low risk Not relevant as TOF measurement not performed in this study
Blinding of safety assessment (detection bias) Low risk Outcomes assessor was blinded *
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) 
 All outcomes Unclear risk Unable to assess owing to insufficient information
Selective reporting (reporting bias) Low risk Study protocol not available, but published meeting abstract clearly includes all expected outcomes
Funding bias Unclear risk Unable to assess owing to insufficient information
Other bias Unclear risk Unable to assess owing to insufficient information