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Sleep disorders and their treatment in elderly

Publication at Third Faculty of Medicine |
2018

Abstract

Sleep issues are common in older patients. In patients aged 65 years and above we generally treat both primary sleep disordersand sleep disturbances that are related to comorbid internal or psychiatric disorders or occur due to medication used.

The aimof this paper is to describe physiological changes of sleep in elderly patients, outline the most common sleep disorders in thiscohort along with current treatment options.