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Predicting the Severity of an Eye Injury: the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS)

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Ocular Traumatology

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A serious eye injury is a major psychological trauma to the patient and family. The most pressing issue for them is to learn about the long-term visual consequence as soon as possible (“Will I go blind?”). Having prognostic information is equally important for the ophthalmologist while he is making triaging decisions (see Chap. 1.8) and as he is counseling the patient (see Chap. 1.4).

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  1. University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 11th Avenue S., Suite 300, 35205, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Ferenc Kuhn

  2. Health Services for the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

    Viktória Mester

  3. United States Eye Injury Registry, Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300, 35205, Birmingham, AL, USA

    C. Douglas Witherspoon

  4. Helen Keller Foundation for Research and Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1201 11th Avenue South, Suite 300, 35205, Birmingham, AL, USA

    LoRetta Mann

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Kuhn, F., Morris, R., Mester, V., Witherspoon, C., Mann, L. (2008). Predicting the Severity of an Eye Injury: the Ocular Trauma Score (OTS). In: Ocular Traumatology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33825-3_3

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