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AMA Manual of Style (10th edition ed.) : A Guide for Authors and Editors

AMA Manual of Style Committee

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Print Publication Date:
Mar 2007
Print ISBN-13:
9780195176339
Published to AMA Manual of Style:
Apr 2009
DOI:
10.1093/jama/9780195176339.001.0001
© American Medical Association
Contents

Polysomnography and Sleep Stages.3,18

Chapter:
Nomenclature
Author(s):

Harriet S. Meyer

15.11.4 Polysomnography and Sleep Stages.3,18

Polysomnography is the monitoring of various physiologic parameters simultaneously during sleep, including the following:

  • ▪ EEG: standard electrodes are used (see 15.11.2, Electroencephalographic Terms)

  • ▪ Electro-oculogram (EOG): tracings are obtained from the left eye and right eye

  • ▪ Electromyogram (EMG): submental (chin) EMG, leg muscle EMG, eg, left anterior tibialis, right anterior tibialis

  • ▪ Respiratory function, eg, oxygen saturation (SaO2), expired CO2, and tidal volume (Vt) (see 15.16, Pulmonary, Respiratory, and Blood Gas Terminology)

  • ▪ Electrocardiogram (ECG): see 15.3.1, Cardiology, Electrocardiographic Terms

Sleep stages are as follows19:

rapid-eye movement sleep (REM sleep)

non-rapid eye movement (non-REM) sleep (NREM sleep)

sleep stage 1

sleep stage 2

sleep stage 3

sleep stage 4