Prediction of good neurological outcome in comatose survivors of cardiac arrest: a systematic review.

"Declarations Conflict of interestCS is member of the Editorial Board of Intensive Care Medicine and co-author of studies included in the present review. MA has received research grants from GE and Estor, and honoraria for board participation from Toray, Pfizer and Intersurgical. None of these COIs are related to the topic of the present review. FST is Scientific Advisor for Neuroptics and Nihon Khoden. None of these COIs are related to the topic of the present review. He is also co-author of studies included in the present review. JS is an Editor of Resuscitation. JN is Editor-in-Chief of Resuscitation. TC, CWEH, and EW are co-authors of studies included in the present review. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests. Conflict of interest CS is member of the Editorial Board of Intensive Care Medicine and co-author of studies included in the present review. MA has received research grants from GE and Estor, and honoraria for board participation from Toray, Pfizer and Intersurgical. None of these COIs are related to the topic of the present review. FST is Scientific Advisor for Neuroptics and Nihon Khoden. None of these COIs are related to the topic of the present review. He is also co-author of studies included in the present review. JS is an Editor of Resuscitation. JN is Editor-in-Chief of Resuscitation. TC, CWEH, and EW are co-authors of studies included in the present review. The other authors declare that they have no competing interests."

"Funding Open access funding provided by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore within the CRUI-CARE Agreement. We have not received funding for this study."

"The review protocol has been registered on PROSPERO (CRD 42019141169) on September 11, 2019. For data reporting, we adopted the recommended format for diagnostic test accuracy (DTA) [] of the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement []."