Use of medications for insomnia in the hospitalized geriatric population

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 579-581

  Cumbler, Ethan ^a   Guerrasio, Jeannette ^a   Kim, Jane ^a   Glasheen, Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; HYPNOTIC AGENT; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; ZOLPIDEM;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DRUG USE; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; HISTAMINE H1 ANTAGONISTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS;

EID: 40149108338     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01598.x     Document Type: Letter

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