Diagnosing and treating sleep disorders in the older adult

Medical Clinics of North America

Volumn 88, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 737-750

  Ayalon, Liat ^a   Liu, Lianqi ^a   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIPARKINSON AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; CARBIDOPA PLUS LEVODOPA; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; CODEINE; CORTICOSTEROID; DECONGESTIVE AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; FLUOXETINE; GABAPENTIN; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LEVODOPA; MELATONIN; MONOAMINE OXIDASE INHIBITOR; OPIATE; PARACETAMOL; PERGOLIDE MESILATE; PRAMIPEXOLE; ROPINIROLE; SEDATIVE AGENT; TEMAZEPAM; THYROID HORMONE; TRICYCLIC ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; UNINDEXED DRUG;

AGE; AGED; AGING; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BREATHING DISORDER; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; COGNITION; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEMENTIA; DEVICE; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG USE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; INSOMNIA; MENTAL DISEASE; MOOD; PARASOMNIA; PARKINSON DISEASE; PHOTOTHERAPY; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

AGED; DEMENTIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SLEEP DISORDERS; SLEEP, REM;

EID: 1842829060     PISSN: 00257125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcna.2004.01.005     Document Type: Review

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