Syncope and subsequent traffic crash: A responsibility analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians are often asked to counsel patients about driving safety after syncope, yet little empirical data guides such advice.

Methods

We identified a population-based retrospective cohort of 9,507 individuals with a driver license who were discharged from any of six urban emergency departments (EDs) with a diagnosis of 'syncope and collapse'. We examined all police-reported crashes that involved a cohort member as a driver and occurred between 1 January 2010 and 31 December 2016. We categorized crash-involved drivers as 'responsible' or 'non-responsible' for their crash using detailed police-reported crash data and a validated responsibility scoring tool. We then used logistic regression to test the hypothesis that recent syncope was associated with driver resp

SUBMITTER: Staples JA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9851499 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature