Patients in the intensive care unit suffer from severe lack of sleep associated with loss of normal melatonin secretion pattern

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 317, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 278-281

  Shilo, Lotan ^a   Dagan, Y ^b   Smorjik, Y ^b   Weinberg, U ^b   Dolev, S ^b   Komptel, B ^b   Balaum, H ^b   Shenkman, L ^b  

^a MEIR MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Melatonin; Sleep

Indexed keywords

MELATONIN;

ACTIMETRY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE;

EID: 0033505496     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9629(15)40528-2     Document Type: Article

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