Geriatric sleep medicine
By: edited by Alon Y. Avidan, Cathy Alessi.
Contributors: Avidan, Alon Y.; Alessi, Cathy.
Series: Sleep disorders -- 6; Sleep disorders (New York, N.Y.) -- 6.
Publisher: Informa Healthcare USA
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781420058680
Subjects: Sleep disorders -- Age factors; Older people -- Diseases; Sleep Disorders; Aged
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Sleep physiology in the geriatric patient / Kenneth P. Wright Jr., Danielle J. Frey; title: Sleep in aging / Michael V. Vitiello, Danielle J. Frey; title: Sleep problems associated with medical illness and comorbidity / Steven Barczi; title: Sleep and psychiatric illness / Michael L. Perlis, Wilfred R. Pigeon; title: Sleep in neurological and neurodegenerative disorders / Alon Avidan; title: Insomnia in aging / Michael Irwin; title: Pharmacologic treatment of insomnia in the older adult / Teofilo Lee-Chiong; title: Behavioral treatment of insomnia in the older adult / Charles M. Morin; title: Sleep-related breathing disorders in aging / Nalaka Gooneratne; title: Central sleep apnea in aging / M. Safwan Badr; title: Circadian rhythm disorders in aging / Phyllis Zee; title: PLMS & RLS / Don Bliwise; title: Sleep in nursing homes / Cathy Alessi; title: Sleep in the older woman / Sumi Misra, Beth Malow; title: Napping in older adults / Sonia Ancoli-Israel, Katie L. Stone; title: Sleep in late-stage dementia and end of life / Kathy C. Richards, Shoab Nazir.