Cardiac arrest & resuscitation

Eye movement detection using electrooculography and machine learning in cardiac arrest patients

ResuscitationPublished Retrospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Automated eye movement detection from EOG is highly sensitive in CA patients.

Study context

Population
Post-CA patients with standard-of-care EEG/electrooculography (EOG) monitoring in the ICU, 2020 to 2023
Participants
72 eligible patients
Exposure
Training vs Test
  • Trainingn = 48
  • Testn = 24
Outcome
Performance of a machine learning algorithm detecting eye movement from EOG (AUC, sensitivity, specificity) on the test set
Methodological detailssingle-centre, machine learning algorithm development, Mean age 56.9 years; 46 (63.9%) female
  • Single-centre
  • Machine learning algorithm development
  • Mean age 56.9 years; 46 (63.9%) female

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Eye movement detection from EOG
GroupSensitivitySpecificityAUC
Final algorithm94.0%82.0%94.2%

Final algorithm

Sensitivity94.0%
Specificity82.0%
AUC94.2%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Survival and command following

Training: survived
35 (72.9%)
Training: followed commands
32 (66.7%)
Test: survived
16 (66.7%)
Test: followed commands
7 (29.2%)

Original publication

Eye movement detection using electrooculography and machine learning in cardiac arrest patients. Resuscitation. Published 24 March 2025. doi:10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110577

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