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NFL concentrations were determined on a SiMoA HD-1 device using NF-Light Advantage Kits.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Of 73 patients screened, 53 had serum samples available for NFL measurement at three timepoints (after 3, 24, and 48\u00a0h of admission). Of these 53 individuals, 43.4% had poor neurologic outcome at discharge as assessed by Glasgow\u2013Pittsburgh cerebral performance categories, and, according to a current prognostication algorithm, poor outcome due to sHIBI in 20.7%.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Main outcome measure<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Blood NFL and its early kinetics for prognostication of outcome and prediction of sHIBI after OHCA.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>An absolute NFL\u2009&gt;\u2009508.6\u00a0pg\/ml 48\u00a0h after admission, or a change in NFL\u2009&gt;\u2009494\u00a0pg\/ml compared with an early baseline value predicted outcome, and discriminated severe sHIBI from other causes of unfavorable outcome after OHCA with high sensitivity (100%, 95%CI 70.0\u2013100%) and specificity (91.7%, 95%CI 62.5\u2013100%).<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Not only absolute values of NFL, but also early changes in NFL predict the outcome following OHCA, and may differentiate sHIBI from other causes of poor outcome after OHCA with high sensitivity and specificity. 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