SLEEP DISORDERS IN OLDER PATIENTS - CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT IS USUALLYENOUGH

Citation
Rj. Cadieux et Dg. Adams, SLEEP DISORDERS IN OLDER PATIENTS - CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT IS USUALLYENOUGH, Postgraduate medicine, 91(4), 1992, pp. 403
Citations number
10
Journal title
ISSN journal
00325481
Volume
91
Issue
4
Year of publication
1992
Database
ISI
SICI code
0032-5481(1992)91:4<403:SDIOP->2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Physicians can find the cause of sleep problems in most older patients without resorting to expensive diagnostic studies. A carefully taken sleep history often reveals an easily treatable cause. In this article , the authors review diagnosis and treatment of a variety of sleep dis orders, from insomnia to sleep apnea.