Table 3 Sensitivities and specificities for single and combined predictors in the ERC/ESICM algorithm
From: External validation of the 2020 ERC/ESICM prognostication strategy algorithm after cardiac arrest
|  | GCS_M ≤ 3 | PR/CR | SSEP | EEG | NSE | Poor CT | Poor DWI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A. Unconscious patients at ≥ 72 h after ROSC without confounders | |||||||
 GCS_M ≤ 3 | 89.9/69.0 (660) |  |  |  |  |  |  |
 No PR/CR | 64.1/100 (471) | 62.86/100 (518) |  |  |  |  |  |
 No SSEP N20 | 74.8/100 (133) | 59.09/100 (122) | 72.73/100 (150) |  |  |  |  |
 Highly malignant EEG | 60.4/100 (224) | 45.12/100 (192) | 56.63/100 (94) | 59.22/100 (249) |  |  |  |
 NSE 60 | 81.0/100 (319) | 54.17/100 (298) | 76.47/100 (95) | 60.63/100 (153) | 78.83/94.64 (363) |  |  |
 Poor CT | 33.6/86.5 (537) | 26.3/100 (478) | 31.6/100 (135) | 26.5/100 (224) | 33.5/100 (341) | 32.8/90.9 (602) |  |
 Poor DWI | 83.2/92.0 (298) | 58.2/100 (257) | 68.5/100 (124) | 49.0/100 (178) | 76.6/100 (188) | 31.7/100 (314) | 78.0/100 (332) |
B. Unconscious patients with GCS_M ≤ 3 at ≥ 72 h after ROSC without confounders | |||||||
 No PR/CR |  | 64.1/100 (471) |  |  |  |  |  |
 No SSEP N20 |  | 60.8/100 (111) | 74.8/100 (133) |  |  |  |  |
 Highly malignant EEG |  | 46.3/100 (176) | 58.0/100 (85) | 60.4/100 (224) |  |  |  |
 NSE 60 |  | 55.5/100 (271) | 79.3/100 (85) | 62.1/100 (137) | 81.0/100 (319) |  |  |
 Poor CT |  | 27.2/100 (435) | 32.7/100 (119) | 26.9/100 (201) | 34.9/100 (299) | 33.6/86.5 (537) |  |
 Poor DWI |  | 59.7/100 (238) | 71.2/100 (110) | 50.3/100 (161) | 79.6/100 (166) | 32.8/100 (281) | 79.5/100 (298) |