• Eur J Trauma Emerg S · Dec 2012

    Prospective validation of the Ocular Trauma Score as a prognostic model to predict vision survival in injured adult patients from a developing country.

    • S L Weber, L G Ribeiro, B L Ducca, and N Kasahara.
    • Department of Ophthalmology, Santa Casa de Sao Paulo School of Medical Sciences, Rua Sao Mauro, 292, Sao Paulo, SP, 02526-050, Brazil.
    • Eur J Trauma Emerg S. 2012 Dec 1;38(6):647-50.

    PurposeTo assess the prognostic value of the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS) in patients with eye injury treated in a University Hospital in South America.MethodsOne hundred and ninety subjects who were victims of eye trauma with different degrees of severity were evaluated and treated accordingly. Initial OTS categories were calculated for each patient and compared to the final visual result by transforming the achieved best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) after treatment into OTS values.ResultsOTS visual acuity showed good correlation with the final BCVA after treatment [Spearman's ρ = 0.857, 95 % confidence interval (CI) 0.813-0.891, P < 0.0001). No difference between the predicted BCVA and achieved BCVA was noticed (P < 0.0001, Chi-square test).ConclusionThe OTS provided useful information on outcomes treatment after eye trauma and can be used as a prognostic model to predict vision survival in injured adult patients from a developing country.

      Pubmed     Copy Citation     Plaintext  

      Add institutional full text...

    Notes

     
    Knowledge, pearl, summary or comment to share?
    300 characters remaining
    help        
    You can also include formatting, links, images and footnotes in your notes
    • Simple formatting can be added to notes, such as *italics*, _underline_ or **bold**.
    • Superscript can be denoted by <sup>text</sup> and subscript <sub>text</sub>.
    • Numbered or bulleted lists can be created using either numbered lines 1. 2. 3., hyphens - or asterisks *.
    • Links can be included with: [my link to pubmed](http://pubmed.com)
    • Images can be included with: ![alt text](https://bestmedicaljournal.com/study_graph.jpg "Image Title Text")
    • For footnotes use [^1](This is a footnote.) inline.
    • Or use an inline reference [^1] to refer to a longer footnote elseweher in the document [^1]: This is a long footnote..

    hide…

What will the 'Medical Journal of You' look like?

Start your free 21 day trial now.

We guarantee your privacy. Your email address will not be shared.