Circadian Rhythm Disorders in Sleep-Waking and Body Temperature in Elderly Patients with Dementia and Their Treatment

Okawa, Masako; Mishima, Kazuo; Hishikawa, Yasuo; Hozumi, Satoshi; Hori, Hiroaki; Takahashi, Keiichi

doi:10.1093/sleep/14.6.478

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Circadian Rhythm Disorders in Sleep-Waking and Body Temperature in Elderly Patients with Dementia and Their Treatment

Published in SLEEP • Nov 1, 1991

Authors:

Masako Okawa

Kazuo Mishima

Yasuo Hishikawa

Abstract

Circadian rhythms in elderly patients with severe dementia and behavioral disorders such as wandering, agitation and/or delirium were examined. The subjects consisted of 24 patients with dementia (5 with senile dementia of Alzheimer's type and 19 with multi-infarct dementia), aged 56-89 (means = 75....

Subject

Dementia

Circadian rhythm

Delirium

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