Melatonin Swapped for Benzodiazepines Postoperatively in Older Adults
To reduce benzodiazepine use postoperatively in older adults, researchers examined the effects of using melatonin instead.
To reduce benzodiazepine use postoperatively in older adults, researchers examined the effects of using melatonin instead.
Approximately 5% to 10% of shift workers, including many health care professionals, have shift work disorder, a circadian sleep-wake cycle disorder defined by poor quality sleep.
The patient, who had suffered a traumatic brain injury approximately 8 months prior, presented to the emergency department complaining of increasing dizziness as well as sleepwalking frequency.
Afternoon napping is associated with better cognitive function in older adults, according to a study published in General Psychiatry.
This study addresses possible consequences of the COVID-19 crisis and home confinement on maternal anxiety, maternal insomnia, and maternal reports of sleep problems among children aged 6–72 months.
Researchers evaluated the association between fibromyalgia in psoriatic arthritis and enthesopathy, sleep, fatigue, and quality of life.
Patients who wore patches infused with lavender essential oil were better able to stay asleep throughout the night.
In order to assess the efficacy and safety of JZP-258, a lower sodium alternative product to sodium oxybate, study authors designed a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized withdrawal, multicenter study with an open-label safety extension.
The list, titled “Five Things Physicians and Patients Should Question,” was developed by members of the AAP Section on Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine.
Alzheimer disease may causally influence sleep patterns, but these patterns do not have a causal role in the disease.