Management of insomnia in hospitalized patients.
In hospitalized patients, the commonest causes of acute insomnia are the effects of illness, environmental sleep disruption, medication, anxiety, and depression. Treatment should correct underlying medical disorders; reduce environmental sleep disruptions; and lower anxiety with psychological interventions, sedative or hypnotic medication, and relaxation training. Special clinical problems include chronic pain, delirium, and insomnia in the elderly.
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001569:Benzodiazepines; D003693:Delirium / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010146:Pain / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D011613:Psychotherapy; D007319:Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013375:Substance Withdrawal Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology
D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D006993:Hypnotics and Sedatives; D001569:Benzodiazepines