Gabapentin in the treatment of dementia-associated nocturnal agitation

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Alternative codes found

RIV/00064165:_____/11:10023

Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Gabapentin in the treatment of dementia-associated nocturnal agitation

Original language description

Nocturnal sleep of patients suffering from various forms of dementia is often impaired by nocturnal agitation or nocturnal wandering. Anticonvulsives such as carbamazepine or valproate are reported to have some therapeutic efficacy, but here is little information about other drugs suitable for treatment of this condition. Case report: Our patient, a 77-year-old Czech woman with incipient vascular dementia, received gabapentin 400mg at bedtime for 6 months and showed convincing improvement.Conclusions: Gabapentin qwas very weffective in treating nocturnal agitation.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_x - Unclassified - Peer-reviewed scientific article (Jimp, Jsc and Jost)

CEP classification

FH - Neurology, neuro-surgery, nuero-sciences

OECD FORD branch

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Project

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Continuities

Z - Vyzkumny zamer (s odkazem do CEZ)

Publication year

2011

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Medical Science Monitor

ISSN

1234-1010

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

17

Issue of the periodical within the volume

12

Country of publishing house

PL - POLAND

Number of pages

3

Pages from-to

"CS149"-"CS151"

UT code for WoS article

000299610000017

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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