Improved Early Postresuscitation EEG Activity for Animals Treated with Hypothermia Predicted 96 hr Neurological Outcome and Survival in a Rat Model of Cardiac Arrest

Table 3

Neurological deficit score (NDS) and survival.

Outcome	24 hr	48 hr	72 hr	96 hr
NDS
Hypothermia	35.0±9.7^∗∗	139.5±199.3^∗∗	210.5±249.3^∗∗	204.0±254.8^∗∗
Control	370.5±123.1	462.0±85.0	500.0±0.0	500.0±0.0
Survival
Hypothermia	10/10	8/10^#	6/10^#	6/10^#
Control	8/10	2/10	0/10	0/10

∗∗P < 0.01 hypothermic versus normothermic control with student’s 𝑡-test.
#P < 0.05 hypothermic versus normothermic control with Fisher’s exact test.