Table 5.
Summary of recommendations
| Outcomes (all outcomes except mortality measured at discharge from rehabilitation or beyond) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mortality, acute in-hospital | Mortality, measured after discharge, cumulative | Functional outcome (SCIM/FIM) | AIS conversion | Ambulation | Bladder and bowel function | ||
| Clinical variables | Age | not reliable | not reliable | not reliable | not reliable | insufficient data | no data |
| Comorbidities | not reliable | not reliable | no data | insufficient data | no data | no data | |
| Concomitant injury | not reliable | not reliable | insufficient data | no data | no data | no data | |
| MRI | no data | no data | insufficient data | moderately reliable | no data | no data | |
| NLI | not reliable | not reliable | not reliable | moderately reliable | insufficient data | no data | |
| Severity of SCI | not reliable | not reliable | not reliable | moderately reliable | insufficient data | no data | |
| Predictive model | DCPR | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | not applicable | moderately reliable | not applicable |
No data: No studies were identified that met criteria for inclusion
Insufficient data: One study met criteria for inclusion; body of literature inadequate to make a recommendation based on the a priori methodological agreements of the panel
DCPR, Dutch Clinical Prediction Rule, FIM, Functional Independence Measure, MRI, magnetic resonance imaging, NLI, neurological level of injury, SCIM, Spinal Cord Independence Measure, SCI, spinal cord injury