Pagel J F
Department of Family Practice, University of Colorado School of Medicine, PO Box 6508, Aurora, CO 80045-0508, USA.
Prim Care. 2005 Jun;32(2):491-509. doi: 10.1016/j.pop.2005.02.009.
Only a few years ago, if patients complained of difficulty sleeping,medications that were often dangerous and addictive were prescribed to induce sleep, and the basis of the patient's complaint was not addressed. Now sleeping pills are safer, and our understanding of the sleep state has increased exponentially. Insomnia and daytime sleepiness are no longer diagnoses; they are complaints needing to be addressed-symptoms of a spectrum of sleep disorders with specific diagnostic criteria and appropriate treatments.
就在几年前，如果患者抱怨睡眠困难，医生往往会开一些有风险且易成瘾的药物来助眠，而患者抱怨的根源却未得到解决。如今，安眠药更安全了，而且我们对睡眠状态的理解也呈指数级增长。失眠和日间嗜睡不再是诊断结果；它们是需要解决的主诉——一系列具有特定诊断标准和适当治疗方法的睡眠障碍的症状。
