| AHA | American Heart Association |
| AUC | Area Under the Curve |
| CA | Cardiac Arrest |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| CPC | Cerebral Performance Category |
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation |
| DAMP | Damage-Associated Molecular Pattern |
| DOR | Diagnostic Odds Ratio |
| ECLIA | Electrochemiluminescence Immunoassay |
| EEG | Electroencephalography |
| ELISA | Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay |
| ERK | Extracellular Signal-Regulated Kinase |
| GOS | Glasgow Outcome Scale |
| GFAP | Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein |
| GRADE | Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluation |
| IHCA | In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LR+/LR− | Positive/Negative Likelihood Ratio |
| MAPK | Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase |
| MeSH | Medical Subject Headings |
| mRS | Modified Rankin Scale |
| NF-κB | Nuclear Factor kappa-light-chain-enhancer of activated B cells |
| NfL | Neurofilament Light Chain |
| NS | Not specified |
| NSE | Neuron-Specific Enolase |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Scale |
| OHCA | Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| PROSPERO | International Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews |
| RAGE | Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products |
| ROSC | Return of Spontaneous Circulation |
| S100B | S100 Calcium-Binding Protein B |
| SHD | Survival to Hospital Discharge |
| SMD | Standardized Mean Difference |
| SROC | Summary Receiver Operating Characteristic |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha |
| TTM | Targeted Temperature Management |