Author contribution
All authors have made substantial contributions to the work. Lanfang Du,
Kang Zheng, Lu Feng, Qingbian Ma and Guoqiang Zhang have made
contributions to the conception and design of the study, acquisition of
data, analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article and
final approval of the version. The other authors have made important
contributions to the conception and design of the study and acquisition
of data.
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Figure legendsFig.1 Geographic distribution of surveyed hospitalsFig.2 The best time of clinical evaluation for neurological
prognosis considered by respondentsTTM: target temperature management; ROSC: return of spontaneous
circulationFig.3 The best time of EEG, SSEP and NSE for neurological
prognosis considered by respondentsEEG: electroencephalogram; SSEP: Somatosensory evoked potential; NSE:
neuro-specific enolase