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Objectives:To create an International Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Skin and
Thermoregulation Basic Data Set within the framework of the International SCI
Data Sets.Setting:An international working group.Methods:The draft of the Data
Set was developed by a working group comprising members appointed by the American
Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), the International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS)
and a representative of the Executive Committee of the International SCI
Standards and Data Sets. The final version of the Data Set was developed after
review and comments by members of the Executive Committee of the International
SCI Standards and Data Sets, the ISCoS Scientific Committee, ASIA Board, relevant
and interested international organizations and societies, individual persons with
specific interest and the ISCoS Council. To make the Data Set uniform, each
variable and each response category within each variable have been specifically
defined to promote the collection and reporting of comparable minimal
data.Results:Variables included in the present Data Set are: date of data
collection, thermoregulation history after SCI, including hyperthermia or
hypothermia (noninfectious or infectious), as well as the history of
hyperhidrosis or hypohidrosis above or below level of lesion. Body temperature
and the time of measurement are included. Details regarding the presence of any
pressure ulcer and stage, location and size of the ulcer(s), date of appearance
of the ulcer(s) and whether surgical treatment has been performed are included.
The history of any pressure ulcer during the last 12 months is also noted.

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