The Prognostic Value of Simplified EEG in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients.

Background: We previously validated simplified electroencephalogram (EEG) tracings obtained by a bispectral index (BIS) device against standard EEG. This retrospective study now investigated whether BIS EEG tracings can predict neurological outcome after cardiac arrest (CA).

Methods: Bilateral BIS monitoring (BIS VISTA™, Aspect Medical Systems, Inc.