title: International spinal cord injury pulmonary function basic data set.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To develop the International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Pulmonary Function Basic Data Set within the framework of the International SCI Data Sets in order to facilitate consistent collection and reporting of basic bronchopulmonary findings in the SCI population.
  
  
  METHODS
  International.
  
  
  METHODS
  The SCI Pulmonary Function Data Set was developed by an international working group. The initial data set document was revised on the basis of suggestions from members of the Executive Committee of the International SCI Standards and Data Sets, the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) Executive and Scientific Committees, American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) Board, other interested organizations and societies and individual reviewers. In addition, the data set was posted for 2 months on ISCoS and ASIA websites for comments.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The final International SCI Pulmonary Function Data Set contains questions on the pulmonary conditions diagnosed before spinal cord lesion,if available, to be obtained only once; smoking history; pulmonary complications and conditions after the spinal cord lesion, which may be collected at any time. These data include information on pneumonia, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and sleep apnea. Current utilization of ventilator assistance including mechanical ventilation, diaphragmatic pacing, phrenic nerve stimulation and Bi-level positive airway pressure can be reported, as well as results from pulmonary function testing includes: forced vital capacity, forced expiratory volume in one second and peak expiratory flow. The complete instructions for data collection and the data sheet itself are freely available on the website of ISCoS (http://www.iscos.org.uk).
authors.affiliation: Clinic for Spinal Cord Injuries, NeuroScience Centre, Rigshospitalet, and University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. finbs@rh.dk
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Biering-Sørensen
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Krassioukov
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Alexander
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: A-K
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Karlsson
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mueller
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Perkash
authors.forename: A William
authors.initials: AW
authors.lastname: Sheel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wecht
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Schilero
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D013119:Spinal Cord Injuries / Q000150:complications*