Acute cardiac care & resuscitationCohort study
Feasibility of neurological prognostication after pediatric cardiac arrest with a reduced number of EEG electrodes
- retrospective
Authors' conclusion
12-month outcome prediction after pCA using either visual- or qEEG is comparable between full and selected reduced electrode montages.
Study context
- Population
- Children (<18 years old) after in- or out of hospital CA admitted to the pediatric intensive care unit between 2012 and 2023 and monitored using EEG at 24 h after return of circulationchildren (median age 3.5 years)
- Participants
- 82 children
- Exposure
- 6- and 2-channel montages compared to the full montage
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Poor outcome (PCPC 4-6) · 12 months post-pCA
Poor outcome (PCPC 4-6)
60%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
κ
| Outcome | full montage | 6-channel montage | 2-channel montage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inter-montage agreement for the visual classification of EEG background pattern · substantial agreement compared to the full montage | Not reported in the abstract | 0.803 | 0.682 |
Machine learning model performance on patient level
- No significant differences between the different machine learning models trained on quantitative EEG (qEEG)
Informative qEEG features
- EEG continuity and amplitude features were most informative and robust across montages
Original publication
Feasibility of neurological prognostication after pediatric cardiac arrest with a reduced number of EEG electrodes. Resuscitation. Published 11 September 2026. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2026.111307
Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it