3 thoughts on “Sarah Akkina, MD, MS”

  1. Hi Sarah.

    Nicely presented poster of a large data analysis.

    In the talk, it will be helpful to provide a brief description of “ocular injury.” I urge you to provide 95% confidence intervals rather than p-values for the odds ratios, as the 95% CI provides clinical as well as statistical insight into the results.

    For future, I urge you to adjust for potential confounding variables if not already.

  2. Hi Sarah,

    Strong work and highly clinically relevant study!

    I agree with the comment on defining “ocular injury”. Additionally, it would be useful to know if these were all isolated orbital fractures or associated with other midface fractures such as ZMC/Lefort/NOE and if these other injuries increased the risk of ocular injury as well. One minor point is that on your chart not all things listed on the X-axis are technically physical exam findings.

    I think these types of projects can really help guide clinical management and your cohort size is impressive! Great job!

  3. I am surprised that the presence of flashers has such a low and non-significant odd ration, since they are thought to be a strong indication of potential retinal injury under other circumstances. On the other hand, floaters are typically thought to have a more benign clinical course when they occur in the context of aging and daily activity. Would you care to comment on this?

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