A program for short-term withdrawal from benzodiazepines in geriatric hospital inpatients: Success rate and effect on subjective sleep quality

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 754-760

  Petrovic, Mirko ^a   Pevernagie, Dirk ^a   Van Den Noortgate, Nele ^a   Mariman, Ann ^a   Michielsen, Walter ^a   Afschrift, Marcel ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepines; Elderly; Geriatric ward; Sleep quality; Withdrawal

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; LORMETAZEPAM; TRAZODONE; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SLEEP; ADDICTION; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLINICAL TRIAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP DISORDER; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SLEEP DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0032587856     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199909)14:9<754::AID-GPS15>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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