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Abstract
The continuous measurement of physiological processes, blood pressure, heart rate, renal output, reflexes, respiration, etc., in a patient or experimental animal; includes pharmacologic monitoring, the measurement of administered drugs or their metabolites in the blood, tissues, or urine.
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Classification
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Narrower headings
- Actigraphy
- Ambulatory Monitoring
- Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring
- Drug Monitoring
- Esophageal pH Monitoring
- Fetal Monitoring
- Hemodynamic Monitoring
- Immunologic Monitoring
- Intraoperative Monitoring
- Neuromuscular Monitoring
- Neurophysiological Monitoring
- Polysomnography
- Telemetry
- Uterine Monitoring
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Synonyms
5 entry terms
- Monitoring, Physiologic
- Monitoring, Physiological
- Physiological Monitoring
- Patient Monitoring
- Monitoring, Patient
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Aspects Covered
14 allowable subheadings
Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
IM GEN only; avoid indexing routinely word "monitoring": must be "continuous" (see MeSH definition); note see related: there emphasis is on the computer-assisted processing
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History Note
78; MONITORING SYSTEMS was heading 1966-77
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Physiologic Monitoring. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D008991. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D008991
- Physiologic Monitoring. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q66684968