Response to letter regarding “Developing a predictive model for spinal shock in dogs with spinal cord injury”

Abstract

Cummings on our recent paper reporting the development of a clinical predictive model for spinal shock. We thank the author for his thorough review of the literature related to clinical predictive models (CPMs) and agree with his assertion that CPMs must be externally validated before they can be widely deployed for prognostication in the clinical setting. This is a future direction for our group, and a limitation