ArticleEpilepsy currents
Driving issues in epilepsy: past, present, and future.
Article in Epilepsy currents. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Who cites it
14 citing papers in PubMed.
- Driving Safety among Adolescents with Health Conditions: An Integrative Review.Journal of transport & health · 2025Article
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- Implications for driving based on the risk of seizures after ischaemic stroke.Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry · 2024Article
- EEG biomarker candidates for the identification of epilepsy.Clinical neurophysiology practice · 2023Review
- Just In Time: Challenges and Opportunities of First Aid Care Information Sharing for Supporting Epileptic Seizure Response.Proceedings of the ACM on human-computer interaction · 2021Article
- Teachers and epilepsy: What they know, do not know, and need to know: A cross-sectional study of Taif City.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2020Article
- Risk factors and control of seizures in 778 Chinese patients undergoing initial resection of supratentorial meningiomas.Neurosurgical review · 2020Article
- Fitness to drive in seizure and epilepsy: A protocol for Iranian clinicians.Iranian journal of neurology · 2019Review
- Recent Medico-Legal Developments on the Issue of Epilepsy and Driver's License Requirements in the Italian and European Legislation.Behavioural neurology · 2019Review
- Self-reported health conditions and related driving reduction in older drivers.Occupational therapy in health care · 2018Article
- Providing Quality Epilepsy Care for Veterans.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2016Article
- Epilepsy and driving: potential impact of transient impaired consciousness.Epilepsy & behavior : E&B · 2014Review
- Prevalence of patients with epilepsy unfit to drive.Journal of family & community medicineArticle
- "Chance Takers Are Accident Makers": Are Patients With Epilepsy Really Taking a Chance When They Drive?Epilepsy currentsArticle
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Abstract
Driving restrictions for people with seizure disorders are intended to ensure the public's safety, but driving is of such great importance in the United States that the imposed restrictions also may unduly harm the welfare of these individuals. Because driving restrictions historically have been based more on expert opinion than sound scientific evidence, the appropriateness and application of standards for licensing drivers with seizures continue to raise questions and concerns, as does the role physicians should have in the process. Driving is an important and complex practical concern for physicians who care for people with epilepsy or who may serve as consultants to regulatory authorities, requiring them to be well informed about the relevant issues to properly manage their patients and to protect themselves against lawsuits.
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