Early acute management in adults with spinal cord injury: a clinical practice guideline for health-care professionals.

s, letters, comments, editorials, reviews, or surveys Animal and in vitro studies Languages other than English Study published before 1995 No trauma (e.g., disease-related spinal cord lesions) Studies dealing with radiology protocols for cervical spine clearance Inclusion Criteria Studies were included if BOTH of the following criteria were met: Traumatic spinal cord injury or suspected spinal cord injury in patients age 13 or older Acute (preferably within 72 hours) or subacute (preferably within 1 week) spinal cord injury diagnosis, treatment, or management intervention studies