How do you determine if a patient is safe to drive after having a PCA infarct?

What is the best way to determine if patients with new PCA territory infarct can drive? Upon discharge from the hospital, do you routinely refer them to ophthalmology? Optometry? Other mode of testing (e.g. driver's safety eval for VA patients)?

Answer from: at Academic Institution

In many patients with PCA infarction, the answer is clear, that they cannot safely drive. In my state, the law requires 140 degrees of lateral vision for driving privileges, not met by patients with homonymous hemianopsias. These patients need to be told that they cannot legally drive, and this need...

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Fascinating topic. I typically "outsource" my driv...

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