MeSH Browser

MeSH Heading: Polysomnography
Tree Number(s): E01.370.520.625
Unique ID: D017286
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017286
Scope Note: Simultaneous and continuous monitoring of several parameters during sleep to study normal and abnormal sleep. The study includes monitoring of brain waves, to assess sleep stages, and other physiological variables such as breathing, eye movements, and blood oxygen levels which exhibit a disrupted pattern with sleep disturbances.
Entry Version: POLYSOMNOGR
Entry Term(s): Monitoring, Sleep; Somnography
Previous Indexing: Monitoring, Physiologic (1978-1992); Sleep (1972-1992)
See Also: Actigraphy
Public MeSH Note: 93
History Note: 93
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Polysomnography MeSH Descriptor Data 2025