Sleep promotion in the hospitalized elderly

Sairam Parthasarathy^{1

2}, Monisha Das Ireland^{1

2}, Joyce Lee-Iannotti^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep Circadian & Neurosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Editorial

Sairam Parthasarathy et al. Sleep. 2025.

. 2025 May 12;48(5):zsaf043.

doi: 10.1093/sleep/zsaf043.

Sairam Parthasarathy^{1

2}, Monisha Das Ireland^{1

2}, Joyce Lee-Iannotti^{1

3}

¹ University of Arizona Health Sciences Center for Sleep Circadian & Neurosciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
² Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.
³ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

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Comment on

Sleep trajectory of hospitalized medically ill older adults: do sleep medications make a difference?
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