Sleep in the elderly patient.
Sleep problems in the elderly are extraordinarily common. The authors discuss normal sleep, changes in sleep with normal aging, and sleep disorders in the elderly, focusing on sleep-disordered breathing. In addition, nocturnal myoclonus and rapid-eye movement behavior disorder are reviewed.
Feinsilver
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Sleep Disorders Center, Winthrop-University Hospital, Mineola, New York.
Hertz
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D012119:Respiration / Q000502:physiology; D012890:Sleep / Q000502:physiology*; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012895:Sleep, REM / Q000502:physiology