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Monitoring, Physiologic MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Monitoring, Physiologic
Tree Number(s)
E01.370.520
Unique ID
D008991
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008991
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
Scope Note
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.
Entry Version
MONITORING PHYSIOL
Entry Term(s)
Monitoring, Physiological
Patient Monitoring
Physiologic Monitoring
See Also
Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
Public MeSH Note
78; MONITORING SYSTEMS was heading 1966-77
Online Note
use MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC to search MONITORING SYSTEMS 1966-77
History Note
78; MONITORING SYSTEMS was heading 1966-77
Date Established
1966/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2015/06/23
Monitoring, Physiologic Preferred
Patient Monitoring Broader
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