digitoxin and Sleep-Wake-Disorders

Sleep problems of the aging differ from adolescents clinicaly as well as in their EEG-pattern. They can be purely functional (exogenous or reactiv) however are frequently influenced by changes in the aging organism. Most common are cardio-vascular and pulmonary problems. The treatment of sleep disorders has to emphasize the improvement of these problems so that functional sleep difficulties can be treated successfully. It has to be recognized that elderly people can react paradoxically or overreact to all psychotropic agents including hypnotics.

Topics: Aged; Antidepressive Agents; Arteriosclerosis; Brain; Digitoxin; Disorders of Excessive Somnolence; Drug Synergism; Ethanol; Humans; Psychotropic Drugs; Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders; Sleep Wake Disorders; Strophanthins

Topics: Adult; Anger; Attitude of Health Personnel; Child Psychiatry; Chronic Disease; Cystic Fibrosis; Death; Digitalis; Fear; Grief; Guilt; Heart Failure; Humans; Male; Parent-Child Relations; Pediatrics; Physician-Patient Relations; Phytotherapy; Plants, Medicinal; Plants, Toxic; Sleep Wake Disorders; Terminal Care

Topics: Anesthesia; Barbiturates; Brain; Brain Damage, Chronic; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Dehydration; Delirium; Depression; Digitalis; Hallucinations; Heart Diseases; Humans; Hypnosis; Hyponatremia; Hysteria; Postoperative Complications; Sleep Wake Disorders; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Thoracic Surgery; Toxicology