{"id":1052821,"date":"2010-07-29T08:17:30","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T08:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/evaluation-of-driving-risk-in-dementia-practice-parameter-update\/"},"modified":"2024-08-17T18:46:11","modified_gmt":"2024-08-17T22:46:11","slug":"evaluation-of-driving-risk-in-dementia-practice-parameter-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/neurology\/evaluation-of-driving-risk-in-dementia-practice-parameter-update.php","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation of driving risk in dementia &#8211; practice parameter update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For patients with dementia, the following characteristics are useful for identifying<br>patients at increased risk for unsafe driving:<\/p><p>- Clinical Dementia Rating scale (Level A)<br>- caregiver&rsquo;s rating of a patient&rsquo;s driving ability as marginal or unsafe (Level B)<br>- history of crashes or traffic citations (Level C)<br>- reduced driving mileage or self-reported situational avoidance (Level C)<br>- Mini-Mental State Examination scores of 24 or less (Level C)<br>- aggressive or impulsive personality characteristics (Level C)<\/p><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.immortalitymedicine.tv\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-o-matic\/cache\/aeab1_pub?id=1YR97HD2A_R-bH7yl1Xz1Ip9Vi-g1fkYYiCtsXPC9WKw&amp;w=476&amp;h=346\" style=\"padding-left:10px; padding-right: 10px;\"><br>Evaluation of driving risk in dementia (<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/drawings\/edit?id=1YR97HD2A_R-bH7yl1Xz1Ip9Vi-g1fkYYiCtsXPC9WKw&amp;hl=en\">click to enlarge the image<\/a>).<\/p><p>The following characteristics are not useful for identifying patients at increased risk for unsafe driving: <\/p><div>- patient&rsquo;s self-rating of safe driving ability (Level A)<br>- lack of situational avoidance (Level C)<\/div><div>References:<br><a href=\"http:\/\/www.neurology.org\/cgi\/rapidpdf\/WNL.0b013e3181da3b0fv1.pdf\">Practice Parameter update: Evaluation and management of driving risk in dementia<\/a>. Neurology 2010;74:1316&ndash;1324 (PDF)<\/div><div><p>Posted at <a href=\"http:\/\/casesblog.blogspot.com\/\">Clinical Cases and Images<\/a>. 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