Whitelaw W A, Flemons W W
CMAJ. 1996 Dec 15;155(12):1693-4.
The field of sleep disorders medicine is facing enormous challenges as it strives to gain recognition from the medical profession, the public and government. One of these challenges is to ensure that limited resources for diagnosis are used wisely. The authors argue that the standards for polysomnography developed by the Canadian Sleep Society and the Canadian Thoracic Society (see pages 1673 to 1678 of this issue) will go a long way toward ensuring that this expensive resource is used prudently. In the mean-time, more research is needed to determine valid measures of the impact of sleep disorders and to establish the reliability of different diagnostic methods.
睡眠障碍医学领域在努力获得医学界、公众和政府认可的过程中面临着巨大挑战。其中一项挑战是确保有限的诊断资源得到明智利用。作者认为，加拿大睡眠协会和加拿大胸科学会制定的多导睡眠图标准（见本期第1673至1678页）将大大有助于确保这种昂贵资源得到审慎使用。与此同时，需要进行更多研究，以确定衡量睡眠障碍影响的有效指标，并确定不同诊断方法的可靠性。
