PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Andrew Davies
TI  - Sleep problems in advanced disease 
AID  - 10.7861/clinmedicine.19-4-302
DP  - 2019 Jul 01
TA  - Clinical Medicine
PG  - 302--305
VI  - 19
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/4/302.short
4100  - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/19/4/302.full
SO  - Clin Med2019 Jul 01; 19
AB  - Sleep problems are relatively common in patients with advanced disease, and are associated with significant morbidity in these groups of patients. The focus of this article is sleep problems in patients with advanced cancer, and specifically insomnia, ‘vivid’ dreams and nightmares. However, other sleep problems are also relatively common in this group of patients, including sleep-related breathing disorders and circadian rhythm sleep-wake disorders. Healthcare professionals should screen all patients with advanced diseases for sleep problems and, equally, initiate appropriate (evidence-based) interventions when they are discovered.