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Descriptor English: Phlebotomy
Descriptor Spanish: Flebotomía
Descriptor flebotomía
Entry term(s) venopuntura
venosección
Scope note: Técnica utilizada para extraer sangre de una vena con fines diagnósticos o para el tratamiento de ciertos trastornos hematológicos como la eritrocitosis, hemocromatosis, policitemia vera y porfiria cutánea tarda.
Descriptor Portuguese: Flebotomia
Descriptor French: Phlébotomie
Entry term(s): Phlebotomies
Venesection
Venesections
Venipuncture
Venipunctures
Tree number(s): E01.370.225.998.110.625
E02.800.558
E04.665.150.625
E05.200.998.110.625
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018962
Scope note: 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.
Annotation: for historical articles & historical contexts use BLOODLETTING
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Bloodletting (1966-1995)
Public MeSH Note: 1996; see BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENESECTION see BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENIPUNCTURE see BLOODLETTING 1989-1995
History Note: 1996; use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENESECTION use BLOODLETTING 1987-1995; VENIPUNCTURE use BLOODLETTING 1989-1995
Related: Bloodletting MeSH
Infusions, Intravenous MeSH
Injections, Intravenous MeSH
Leeching MeSH
DeCS ID: 32650
Unique ID: D018962
NLM Classification: WB 381
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1996/01/01
Date of Entry: 1995/05/26
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Phlebotomy - Preferred
Concept UI M0028333
Scope note 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.
Preferred term Phlebotomy
Entry term(s) Phlebotomies
Venesection
Venesections
Venipuncture - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0028334
Scope note The puncture of a vein to draw blood for diagnostic analysis or to inject a solution.
Preferred term Venipuncture
Entry term(s) Venipunctures



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