Evidence-based recommendations for the assessment and management of sleep disorders in older persons: Supplement

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 761-789

  Bloom, Harrison G ^a,b,c   Ahmed, Imran ^d   Alessi, Cathy A ^e,f   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^g   Buysse, Daniel J ^h   Kryger, Meir H ^i,j   Phillips, Barbara A ^k,l   Thorpy, Michael J ^e,m   Vitiello, Michael V ⁿ   Zee, Phyllis C ^o  

^a International Longevity Center USA   (United States)

^b International Longevity Center   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ Gaylord Hospital Wallingford   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^k National Sleep Foundation   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^m MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^o NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CLONAZEPAM; DEXAMPHETAMINE; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ESTAZOLAM; ESZOPICLONE; FLURAZEPAM; LEVODOPA; MELATONIN; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLPHENIDATE; MODAFINIL; OPIATE; OXYBATE SODIUM; PARACETAMOL; PHENYLPROPANOLAMINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE; QUAZEPAM; RAMELTEON; SEROTONIN UPTAKE INHIBITOR; TEMAZEPAM; TRIAZOLAM; ZALEPLON; ZOLPIDEM TARTRATE;

ADAVANCED SLEEP PHASE DISORDER; ADULT; ADVANCED SLEEP PHASE DISORDER; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BEDTIME DOSAGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CATALEPSY; CATAPLEXY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM SLEEP DISORDER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; DIZZINESS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; EXERCISE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; HYPERTENSION; INSOMNIA; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NARCOLEPSY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARASOMNIA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLYSOMNOGRAPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; SLEEP DISORDER; SOMNOLENCE; TASTE DISORDER;

AGED; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS;

EID: 65449156410     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02220.x     Document Type: Article

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