Insomnia Among Hospitalized Older Persons

Clinics in Geriatric Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-67

  Flaherty, Joseph H ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMFEBUTAMONE; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CLONIDINE; CORTICOSTEROID; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT; LEUPRORELIN; LEVODOPA; PHENYTOIN; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; THEOPHYLLINE; VENLAFAXINE;

AROMATHERAPY; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MASSAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MUSIC THERAPY; NOISE; PATIENT MONITORING; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLEEP DISORDER; AGED; CRITICAL ILLNESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP;

AGED; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MASSAGE; NOISE; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; SLEEP; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 38949085340     PISSN: 07490690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cger.2007.08.012     Document Type: Review

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