Strong For Recommendation
People with newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness should be assessed by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital.
| Respiratory assessment by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital (newly acquired) | ||||
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| P | People with a newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness | Evidence recommendation No evidence recommendation Reason: No RCTs | Strong opinion statement FOR People with newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness should receive an assessment by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to the hospital. |
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| I | Assessment by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital | |||
| 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 people with newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness should be assessed by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital. 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 newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness should be assessed by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital.
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 newly acquired SCI with respiratory muscle weakness should be assessed by a physiotherapist within 24 hours of admission to hospital.
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