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

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What steps do you take to clear someone to drive after a PCA stroke?

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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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