Strong For Recommendation
People with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications should be discharged into the community from hospital with a respiratory management plan in place (including education to the care team on appropriate interventions).
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| P | People with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Strong opinion statement FOR People with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications should be discharged into the community from hospital with a respiratory management plan in place (including education to the care team on appropriate interventions). |
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| I | Respiratory management plan | |||
| C | No intervention | Consensus-based opinion statement Strong for (100%) |
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| O | Optimal outcome | |||
The Australian and NZ SCI Physiotherapy guideline committee recommends that people with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications should be discharged into the community from hospital with a respiratory management plan. This is a consensus-based opinion statement supported by the opinions of the experts. There are no randomized controlled trials on this topic. The guideline states:
People with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications should be discharged into the community from hospital with a respiratory management plan in place (including education to the care team on appropriate interventions).
This statement was formed by considering the opinions of the experts alongside other factors. The other factors that were considered were benefits and harms, values and preferences, resource use, equity, accessibility, and feasibility.
This is a consensus-based opinion statement. Consensus-based opinion statements are less robust than evidence-based recommendations. They can be strong or weak. This is a strong consensus-based opinion statement which means that the guideline panel is confident they can recommend that people with SCI and respiratory muscle weakness who are at high risk of respiratory complications should be discharged into the community from hospital with a respiratory management plan based on opinion.
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