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Schlafstörungen bei Demenzen
Jürgen Staedt · psychoneuro · 2004 · Heft 09 · S. 497-502
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2004
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Zusammenfassung
Zusammenfassung Approximately 40 % of dementia patients develop a sleep disorder. Clinically the symptoms commence with wakening processes growing in frequency, which may finally result in a fragmentation of nocturnal sleep. The disintegration of the circadian rhythms and the increasing cognitive deficits within the scope of dementia are related to functional and neuroanatomical changes which complicate therapy. Benzodiazepine receptor agonists may be partly helpful, but may also provoke paradoxical reactions. Neuroleptics are indispensable in many cases, but exhibit a higher risk for cerebrovascular events. In…
Schlagworte
sleep
sundowning
dementia
RBD
melatonine
light treatment
psychoneuro
