Table 1.

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria	Exclusion criteria
Patients after successful cardiopulmonary resuscitation with suspected postanoxic encephalopathy	A known history of another medical condition with limited life expectancy (<6 months)
Age 18 years or older	Any progressive brain illness, such as a brain tumor or neurodegenerative disease
Continuous EEG with at least 8 electrodes started within 24 hours after cardiopulmonary resuscitation	Pre-admission glasgow outcome scale score of 3 or lower
Electroencephalographic status epilepticus on continuous EEG	Reason other than neurological condition to withdraw treatment
Informed consent given by a legal representative	Follow-up impossible due to logistic reasons, for example not living in The Netherlands
Possibility to start treatment within 3 hours after detection of electroencephalographic status epilepticusa	Known participation in any interventional study

^aIf status epilepticus is present at initiation of continuous EEG, the starting time of continuous EEG is considered as detection time. EEG = electroencephalography.