somnology
Sign in to saveAlso known as hypnology, study of sleep, sleep science
thumb|right|Pediatric [[polysomnography patient, Children's Hospital (Saint Louis), 2006]]
~13 min read
Encyclopedic overview
20 sectionsContents
- History
- The International Classification of Sleep Disorders
- Diagnostic tools
- Sleep diaries
- Sleep questionnaires
- Actigraphy
- Physical examination
- Polysomnography
- Airflow measurements
- Oxygenation and ventilation measurements
- Snoring
- Multiple Sleep Latency Test
- Maintenance of Wakefulness Test
- Treatments
- Behavioral treatments
- Mechanical treatments
- Pharmacological treatments
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|right|Pediatric [[polysomnography patient, Children's Hospital (Saint Louis), 2006]]
Somnology is the scientific study of sleep. It includes clinical study and treatment of sleep disorders and irregularities. Sleep medicine is a subset of somnology. Hypnology has a similar meaning but includes hypnotic phenomena.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “somnology” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.