Simulated driving in the epilepsy monitoring unit: Effects of seizure type, consciousness, and motor impairment.

ABSTRACT: People with epilepsy face serious driving restrictions, determined using retrospective studies. To relate seizure characteristics to driving impairment, we aimed to study driving behavior during seizures with a simulator. Patients in the Yale New Haven Hospital undergoing video-electroencephalographic monitoring used a laptop-based driving simulator during ictal events. Driving function was evaluated by video review and analyzed in relation to seizure type, impairment of consciousness/responsiveness, or motor impairment during seizures. Fifty-one seizures in 30 patients were studied. In terms of seizure type, we found that focal to bilateral tonic-clonic or myoclonic seizures (5/5) and focal seizures with impaired consciousness/responsiveness (11/11) always led to driving impairment; focal

SUBMITTER: Kumar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8883409 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature