New COTRAN rule of visual acuity evaluation: Impact on facectomy as a rehabilitation instrument to automobile driving
An. Fac. Med. Univ. Fed. Pernamb
; 51(2): 154-156, dez. 2006. tab
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ABSTRACT
ABSTRACT There is a proposition from ABRAMET (Brazilian Association of Traffic Medicine) of new parameters of ophthalmic drivers evaluation approved in CONTRAN (National Traffic Council) similar to international standards. The main purpose of this short report was to compare the number of cataract patients unable to drive due to visual acuity (VA) limitation that after being submitted to facectomy are theoricatilly able to satisfy the actual requirement of the Brazilian Traffic Code and the proposed new rule. It was an interventional case series. All candidates had VA before surgery lower than 20/40 in the best eye. One thousand cataract surgery patients were studied. According the actual rule 61.3% were able to drive after surgery in contrast of 83% with the proposed new rule (p<0.001). The outcome of this study indicates that the new parameters of visual acuity evaluation allow more cataract surgery patients to be approved for vehicular driving
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
LILACS
Asunto principal:
Conducción de Automóvil
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Trastornos de la Visión
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Envejecimiento
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Extracción de Catarata
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Agudeza Visual
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Estudios Prospectivos
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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En
Revista:
An. Fac. Med. Univ. Fed. Pernamb
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Brasil