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