| ACNS | American Clinical Neurophysiology Society | 
| BA | Background activity | 
| BSP | Burst-suppression pattern | 
| BSR | Brainstem reflex | 
| CA | Cardiac arrest | 
| CCI | Charlson comorbidity index | 
| cEEG | Continuous electroencephalography | 
| CI | Confidence interval | 
| CPR | Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation | 
| DGKN | German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie | 
| ED | Epileptiform dischargers | 
| EEG | Electroencephalography | 
| HE | Hypoxic encephalopathy | 
| HIS | Hospital information system | 
| ICU | Intensive care unit | 
| LV | Low voltage | 
| MCRA | Multivariate Cox regression analysis | 
| Med | Median | 
| mRS | Modified rankin scale | 
| n.a. | Not available | 
| NCU | Neurocritical care units | 
| NSE | Neuron-specific enolase | 
| RECORD | REporting of studies Conducted using Observational Routinely-collected Data | 
| rEEG | Repetitive electroencephalography | 
| RPP | Rhythmic and periodic pattern | 
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 | 
| SD | Standard deviation | 
| SE | Status epilepticus | 
| SP | Seizure pattern | 
| STROBE | Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology | 
| TTM | Therapeutic temperature management | 
| UKGM | University Hospital Marburg |