Fig 1.
Search and section process flowchart.
Fig 2.
Forest plot for all included studies, considering hours of life and treatment or not with hypothermia.
Table 1.
Characteristics of included articles with no hypothermia treatment.
Table 2.
Characteristics of included articles with hypothermia treatment.
Fig 3.
QUADAS 2 assessment of included papers.
Fig 4.
ROC curves for different hours of life.
Fig 5.
Likelihood ratios and post-test probability of abnormal aEEG and adverse neurological outcome, patients not treated with hypothermia according to hours of life.
Table 3.
Pooled sensitivity and specificity, diagnostic odds ratio and likelihood ratios with confidence intervals for abnormal aEEG and death or moderate/severe disability, patients receiving and not receiving TH.
Fig 6.
Likelihood ratios and post-test probability of abnormal aEEG and adverse neurological outcome, patients treated with hypothermia according to hours of life.