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What criteria do you use to determine fitness to resume driving following recovery from delirium in an older adult patient?

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How frequently do you refer older adult patients with resolving delirium for a formal on-road driving assessment?

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Geriatric Medicine · David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
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There are no validated delirium-specific criteria for determining fitness to resume driving. In general, driving should be deferred until the delirium has resolved and the patient has substantially recovered toward their cognitive and functional baseline.

Assessment should include attention and cogn...

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