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Table 3 Significant parameters in the population categorized according to mortality, consciousness recovery and CPC at 6 months

From: Pain-related Somato Sensory Evoked Potentials: a potential new tool to improve the prognostic prediction of coma after cardiac arrest

Characteristic

Survivors

Non survivors

P value*

Absolute frequency Number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

Absolute frequency number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

 Pupillary reflex + a

19

45.24

31.23–60.05

5

11.90

5.19–24.99

<0.005

 Pupillary reflex –a

2

4.76

1.31–15.79

16

38.10

25.00–53.19

 Discontinuous EEG  patterns

2

4.35

1.20–14.54

15

32.61

20.87–47.03

<0.05

 Epileptiform EEG

6

13.04

6.12–25.66

2

4.35

1.20–14.54

 Continuous EEG  patterns

14

30.43

19.08–44.80

7

15.22

7.57–28.23

Characteristic

Consciousness recovery

No consciousness recovery

P value*

Absolute frequency number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

Absolute frequency number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

 SL-SSEP +

15

32.61

20.87–47.03

14

30.43

19.08–44.80

<0.05

 SL-SSEP −

0

0.00

0.00–8.38

17

36.96

24.53–51.40

 50 mA ML-SSEP +

15

32.61

20.87–47.03

4

8.70

3.44–20.33

<0.001

 50 mA ML-SSEP −

0

0.00

0.00–8.38

27

58.70

44.34–71.72

Characteristic

CPC 1–2

CPC 3–5

P value*

Absolute frequency number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

Absolute frequency number

Relative frequency %

CI 95 %

 50 mA ML-SSEP +

12

26.09

15.60–40.26

7

15.22

7.57–28.23

<0.005

 50 mA ML-SSEP −

0

0.00

0.00–8.38

27

58.70

44.34–71.72

  1. *P value with Holm correction. aMissing data for 4 patients. EEG electroencephalogram, ML-SSEP middle-latency somatosensory evoked potentials, SL-SSEP short-latency somatosensory evoked potentials, CPC cerebral performance category