Fig. 1

Flow chart of patient selection. ICU intensive care unit, GCS M1 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 1, GCS M2 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 2, GCS M3 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 3, GCS M4 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 4, GCS M5 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 5, GCS M6 patients classified with a GCS motor response score of 6, MTH+ patients who were treated with mild therapeutic hypothermia, MTH− patients who were treated without mild therapeutic hypothermia