"Polysomnography" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D017286
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.520.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Polysomnography- Polysomnography
- Polysomnographies
- Monitoring, Sleep
- Sleep Monitoring
- Somnography
- Somnographies
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2001 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2007 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2008 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2009 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2010 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2011 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2012 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2013 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2015 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| 2016 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2017 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 1 | 12 | 13 |
| 2020 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2021 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2022 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2024 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Polysomnography" by people in Profiles.
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The Natural History of Snoring in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in Relation to Upper Airway Anatomy and OSA. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2026 Jul; 61(7):e71745.
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Performance of an automated sleep scoring approach for actigraphy data in children and adolescents. Sleep. 2026 Feb 10; 49(2).
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The curious case of the Zzz's. J Clin Sleep Med. 2023 05 01; 19(5):1009-1012.
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Admixture mapping identifies novel loci for obstructive sleep apnea in Hispanic/Latino Americans. Hum Mol Genet. 2019 02 15; 28(4):675-687.
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Association between diet quality and sleep apnea in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Sleep. 2019 01 01; 42(1).
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Pulmonary Hypertension in Children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 10 15; 196(8):P15-P16.
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What Is Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults? Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2017 07 01; 196(1):P1-P2.
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New Rule-Based Algorithm for Real-Time Detecting Sleep Apnea and Hypopnea Events Using a Nasal Pressure Signal. J Med Syst. 2016 Dec; 40(12):282.
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Role of the Gut Microbiome in Obstructive Sleep Apnea-Induced Hypertension. Hypertension. 2016 Feb; 67(2):469-74.
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Nasal pressure recordings for automatic snoring detection. Med Biol Eng Comput. 2015 Nov; 53(11):1103-11.