Syncope While Driving

Syncope While Driving Clinical Characteristics

Background—The risk of syncope occurring while driving has obvious implications for personal and public safety. We aimed to define the clinical characteristics, causes, and prognosis of syncope while driving. Methods and Results—In this case-control study of consecutive patients evaluated for syncope from 1996 through 1998 at an academic medical center, we documented causes, clinical characteri...

Syncope while driving: how safe is safe?

As healthcare providers, our primary role is the diagnosis and management of the medical conditions of our patients. These medical conditions have an important impact on their personal lives as well as social situations. One of the most critical such interactions between a patient’s medical condition and society is syncope as it relates to driving. In our society, there is a constant conflict b...

Syncope while driving: clinical characteristics, causes, and prognosis.

BACKGROUND The risk of syncope occurring while driving has obvious implications for personal and public safety. We aimed to define the clinical characteristics, causes, and prognosis of syncope while driving. METHODS AND RESULTS In this case-control study of consecutive patients evaluated for syncope from 1996 through 1998 at an academic medical center, we documented causes, clinical characte...

Reading Text While Driving

In this study, we investigated how drivers adapt secondary-task initiation and time-sharing behavior when faced with fluctuating driving demands. Background: Reading text while driving is particularly detrimental; however, in real-world driving, drivers actively decide when to perform the task. Method: In a test track experiment, participants were free to decide when to read messages while driv...

Sleeping while driving.