title: First-ever guidelines for spinal cord injuries.
abstract: How spinal cord injuries (SCI) are managed--especially in the critical early stages--has a profound effect on a patient's outcome. The publication of the first comprehensive SCI treatment guidelines is an important step in standardizing evidence-based care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, USA.
authors.forename: Ellen
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Barker
authors.forename: Michael F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Saulino
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000628:therapy*