Sleep disorders in the elderly.
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چکیده
Older patients frequently complain of difficulty initiating sleep, sleep maintenance or excessive daytime sleepiness, while bed partners or caretakers are distraught by episodes of nocturnal confusion or belligerence. Sleep disorders may represent a primary disorder of mechanisms regulating sleep or failure of a specific organ system manifesting in a unique way during sleep. Sleep complaints should not be ignored or treated empirically with pharmacologic agents without analysis of the etiology.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Medicine and health, Rhode Island
دوره 91 5 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2008