Table 3. Assessment of retrospective cohort studies - Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS)
Reference Selection Comparability Exposure/Outcome Total NOS-score Comments
Lopéz-Pelayo et al., 2018 ★★★★ - ★★★ 7  
Gu et al. 2016 ★★★★ ★★ 7  
De Vos et al., 2015 ★★★★ ★★ ★★★ 9  
Lin et al., 2015 ★★★★ - ★★★ 7  
Lin et al. 2013, ★★★★ - ★★★ 7 CPR only mentioned in laboratory protocol section
Eskild et al., 2013 ★★★★ ★★ ★★★ 9