| Many diabetic patients with recurrent severe hypoglycemias hold a valid driving license. A community-based study in insulin-treated patients with diabetes. | |
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PMID: 20544569 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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OBJECTIVE: We studied retrospectively the current driving license status in insulin-treated diabetic patients, who had severe hypoglycemia (SH) within an observation period of one year and who lived in two Finnish communities. METHODS: The episodes of SH were identified from local ambulance registers, the databases of local health care units and from patient questionnaires in 680 insulin-treated diabetic patients. The data on current driving licenses were obtained from local police authorities. RESULTS: Of type 1 and type 2 insulin-treated diabetic patients 31.0 and 12.3 percent, respectively, had at least one self-reported SH, whereas 53 (7.8%) of them reported even three or more episodes of SH. Of insulin-treated patients with clustering of SH 68 percent still held a driving license, and 21percent of them held even a license for commercial vehicles up to 3.5 tons. CONCLUSIONS: Recurrent episodes of SH occur in a minority of insulin-treated diabetic patients. However, two thirds of them still held a valid driving license even for commercial vehicles, which violates the medical standards for diabetes and driving. |
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Authors:
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Mikko Honkasalo; Outi Elonheimo; Timo Sane |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Traffic injury prevention Volume: 11 ISSN: 1538-957X ISO Abbreviation: Traffic Inj Prev Publication Date: 2010 Jun |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2010-06-14 Completed Date: 2010-07-08 Revised Date: - |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 101144385 Medline TA: Traffic Inj Prev Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 258-62 Citation Subset: IM |
Affiliation:
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Nurmijarvi Health Centre, Nurmijarvi, Finland. mikko.honkasalo@nurmijarvi.fi |
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Aged Automobile Driving / legislation & jurisprudence* Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / complications*, drug therapy Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / complications*, drug therapy Female Finland / epidemiology Humans Hypoglycemia / epidemiology*, etiology Insulin / therapeutic use* Licensure / statistics & numerical data Male Middle Aged Questionnaires Recurrence Retrospective Studies Severity of Illness Index |
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11061-68-0/Insulin |
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