For others, therapies that specifically consider older adults may be required. For each of the sleep disorders we provide an updated discussion of therapies beginning with diet and lifestyle, pharmacologic treatment, interventional procedures, surgery, assistive devices, physical and speech therapy, ...
Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in older adults. Ancoli-Israel Sonia,Ayalon Liat. The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry . 2006Ancoli-Israel S, Ayalon L. Diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders in older ...
BACKGROUND: Melatonin may be used to treat sleep disorders in both children and adults with intellectual disability. The evidence for its efficacy, potential adverse effects and drug interactions are reviewed in the context of prescription of melatonin to patients with autism. METHODS: This study pre...
Ancoli-Israel S: Sleep problems in older adults: putting myths to bed. Geriatrics 1997, 52:20–30. A concise, well written review of sleep disorders in the elderly. PubMed CAS Google Scholar Young T, Palta M, Dempsey J, et al.: The occurrence of sleep disordered breathing among middl...
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Conversely, medications may be used therapeutically for specific sleep disorders. For example, restless legs syndrome and periodic limb movement disorder may be treated with dopamine agonists. An understanding of the disorders of sleep and the effects of medications is required for the appropriate use ...
obstructive sleep apneasurgical treatmentSleep鈥恟elated breathing disorders are complex problems that decrease quality of life and increase morbidity and mortality in patients. Comprehensive evaluation is essential for selecting and planning obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) treatments. However, the many ...
disorders; iii. the reduction of life expectancy in youth with obesity [1,2,3]. Overweight and obesity from the earliest stages of life are risk factors for the persistence of obesity and more than 60% of overweight, prepubertal children maintain the extra weight into adulthood. Exposure to ...
Here are some simple steps you may need to follow if you want to make use of this natural sleep disorders treatment tip at home: Add ½ cup of Epsom salt to a bath tub filled with warm water. Stir for 2 – 3 minutes to allow the salt to dissolve properly in the water. Soak ...
They’re all on the Beers Criteria of drugs not to use in our older adults. We now are seeing that evidence starting to emerge that maybe when used long-term that these are not benign drugs. While we recognize that for instance the Z-drugs might have some complex sleep behaviors ...