The following recommendations were therefore formulated
and presented to a panel of experts:
Recommendation #1: Early transfer of a patient with traumatic
SCI to a specialized center of care should be done
promptly to decrease overall length of stay.
Recommendation #2: Early transfer of patients with traumatic
SCI to an integrated multidisciplinary specialized center
of care decreases overall mortality, as well as the number
and severity of complications.
Both recommendations were greeted with complete agreement.
Although the evidence presented was weak, the strength
of the recommendations in both cases was strong, as each received
complete agreement from a panel of medical and surgical
experts through a modified Delphi approach.