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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0864-2176</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista Cubana de Oftalmología]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev Cubana Oftalmol]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0864-2176</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Editorial Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0864-21762019000300005</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[El trauma ocular en la infancia]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Ocular trauma in childhood]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Gallo Borrero]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Doralys Erlinda]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Letfor Allen]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Solderis]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Metropolitana de Ecuador  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Guayaquil ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>09</month>
<year>2019</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>32</volume>
<numero>3</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000300005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000300005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0864-21762019000300005&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Objetivo: Determinar los resultados de la aplicación del ocular trauma score como herramienta de pronóstico visual en traumatismos.  Métodos: Se realizó un estudio descriptivo longitudinal retrospectivo en el Servicio de Oftalmología del Hospital Pediátrico Provincial Docente &#8220;Eduardo Agramonte Piña&#8221;, desde enero del año 2011 a enero de 2016. El universo estuvo conformado por 438 pacientes quienes recibieron ingreso hospitalario, y la muestra quedó conformada por 357 ojos de 356 pacientes con el diagnóstico de trauma ocular. Se analizaron las siguientes variables: etiología al ingreso, edad, sexo, topografía y tipo de lesión, evento traumático, agente causal, agudeza visual inicial según tipo de lesión y el pronóstico visual según el ocular trauma score.  Resultados: El 81,3 % de los pacientes ingresados presentaron etiología traumática; 64,6 % fueron varones, con predominio del grupo de edad entre 5 y 9 años. Hubo una preponderancia de los traumas cerrados. Los accidentes recreativos fueron los más predominantes; los palos y las piedras resultaron el agente causal más frecuente y la agudeza visual final fue superior a la inicial.  Conclusiones: La etiología traumática constituye la primera causa de ingreso en el Servicio de Oftalmología, donde se observa predominio de los pacientes entre 5 y 9 años, fundamentalmente del sexo masculino. Los traumas del globo ocular cerrado predominan sobre los del globo ocular abierto. Estos últimos presentan mayor afectación de la agudeza visual. El accidente recreativo y doméstico es más frecuente, así como los palos y las piedras como agentes causales. La mejoría de la agudeza visual fue significativa en este estudio, lo que se correspondió con la predicción sugerida por el ocular trauma score.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Objective:  To determine the results of the application of the ocular trauma score as a tool for visual prognosis in traumatisms.  Methods:  Descriptive, longitudinal and retrospective study was carried out. The universe consisted of 438 patients who received hospital admission and the sample consisted of 357 eyes of 356 patients with the diagnosis of ocular trauma at admission. Different variables were analyzed: etiology at admission, age, sex, topography and type of injury, traumatic event, causal agent, initial visual acuity according to type of injury and visual prognosis according to ocular trauma score.  Results:  81,3% of the patients admitted had traumatic etiology, 64.6% were males with predominance of the group aged between 5 and 9 years. There was a preponderance of closed traumas. The sticks and stones were the most frequent causal agent and the final visual acuity was superior to the initial one.  Conclusions:  The traumatic etiology is the first cause of admission in the Ophthalmology Service, where predominance is observed between 5 to 9 years, mainly of the male sex. The traumas to closed ocular globe predominate over those of open ocular globe presenting these last greater affectation of the visual acuity. The recreational and domestic accident is more frequent, as well as the sticks and stones as causal agents. The improvement in visual acuity is significant, corresponding with the prediction suggested by ocular trauma score.]]></p></abstract>
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