The International Cardiac Arrest Research (I-CARE) Consortium Electroencephalography Database.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To develop a harmonized multicenter clinical and electroencephalography (EEG) database for acute hypoxic-ischemic brain injury research involving patients with cardiac arrest.

Design

Multicenter cohort, partly prospective and partly retrospective.

Setting

Seven academic or teaching hospitals from the U.S. and Europe.

Patients

Individuals aged 16 or older who were comatose after return of spontaneous circulation following a cardiac arrest who had continuous EEG monitoring were included.

Interventions

not applicable.

Measurements and main results

Clinical and EEG data were harmonized and stored in a common Waveform Database (WFDB)-compatible format. Automated spike frequency, background continuity, and artifact detection on EEG were calcul

SUBMITTER: Amorim E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10491275 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature