Sleep, insomnia and falls in elderly patients

Sleep Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2008, Pages

  Stone, Katie L ^a   Ensrud, Kristine E ^b,c   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA PACIFIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Actigraphy; Benzodiazepines; Elderly; Falls; Fractures; Insomnia

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE; CLORAZEPATE; DIAZEPAM; FLURAZEPAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; LONG ACTING DRUG; LORAZEPAM; RAMELTEON; SHORT ACTING DRUG; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; VITAMIN D; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM; ZOPICLONE;

ACTIMETRY; AGED; ALERTNESS; ANTEROGRADE AMNESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ELIMINATION; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TARGETING; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FRACTURE; FRAGILITY FRACTURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMOTOR DISORDER; REACTION TIME; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEDATION; SIDE EFFECT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; BENZODIAZEPINES; FEMALE; FRACTURES, BONE; HUMANS; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; SLEEP INITIATION AND MAINTENANCE DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 52749088061     PISSN: 13899457     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-9457(08)70012-1     Document Type: Article

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