Maayke Hunfeld

28 Chapter 2 Inclusion and exclusion criteria Studies eligible for the present review met the following criteria: Enrollment of children after IHCA and OHCA between 1 month and 18 years and presence of a neuromonitoring method obtained within the first 2 weeks post CA. Studies including only neonates were excluded as well as neuromonitoring studies without clinical correlates: case reports, reviews, abstract only and studies not written in English. Selection of studies, data extraction and quality assessment Two reviewers (M.H., N.K.) reviewed all citations independently, and disagreements were resolved by discussion. Each study was assigned a grade using the Oxford Evidence-Based Medicine scoring system (12) . We designed evidence tables by neuromonitoring method. Study quality was assessed by screening for clear reporting of methods and results. Results The database search yielded 1195 citations, nine additional citations were found by cross reference check. One-hundred two articles were eligible for full-text review ((Supplemental Table 1, Supplemental Digital Content 1, http://links.lww.com/ PCC/ B351) (fig. 1). Twenty-seven articles met the inclusion criteria (for specification of included articles, see Supplemental Tables 2–8, Supplemental Digital Content 2, http://links. lww.com/PCC/B352 ).