"Phlebotomy" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The techniques used to draw blood from a vein for diagnostic purposes or for treatment of certain blood disorders such as erythrocytosis, hemochromatosis, polycythemia vera, and porphyria cutanea tarda.
| Descriptor ID |
D018962
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E01.370.225.998.110.625 E02.800.558 E04.665.150.625 E05.200.998.110.625
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| Concept/Terms |
Phlebotomy- Phlebotomy
- Phlebotomies
- Venesection
- Venesections
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2012 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2025 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Phlebotomy" by people in Profiles.
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Postnatal Cord Blood Sampling: Clinical Report. Pediatrics. 2025 Jun 01; 155(6).
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ACG Clinical Guideline: Hereditary Hemochromatosis. Am J Gastroenterol. 2019 08; 114(8):1202-1218.
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Discordance between the QuantiFERON Gold In-Tube and QuantiFERON Gold Plus assays associated with country of birth TB incidence. Tuberculosis (Edinb). 2019 05; 116S:S2-S10.
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Performance and variability of QuantiFERON Gold Plus assay associated with phlebotomy type. PLoS One. 2018; 13(11):e0207892.
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Increased Patient Satisfaction and a Reduction in Pre-Analytical Errors Following Implementation of an Electronic Specimen Collection Module in Outpatient Phlebotomy. Lab Med. 2017 Aug 01; 48(3):282-289.
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Original Research: Use of hydroxyurea and phlebotomy in pediatric patients with hemoglobin SC disease. Exp Biol Med (Maywood). 2016 04; 241(7):737-44.
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Measures of viral load using Abbott RealTime HIV-1 Assay on venous and fingerstick dried blood spots from provider-collected specimens in Malawian District Hospitals. J Clin Virol. 2014 Aug; 60(4):392-8.
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Inpatient preanalytic process improvements. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2013 Dec; 137(12):1753-60.
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Respective effects of phlebotomy losses and erythropoietin treatment on the need for blood transfusion in very premature infants. BMC Pediatr. 2013 Oct 28; 13:176.
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Neonatal bilirubin triage with transcutaneous meters: when is a blood draw necessary? Hosp Pediatr. 2012 Oct; 2(4):215-20.