Medical History Taking

"Medical History Taking" 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.

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Acquiring information from a patient on past medical conditions and treatments.

Descriptor ID	D008487
MeSH Number(s)	E01.370.510
Concept/Terms	Medical History Taking Medical History Taking History Taking, Medical Family Medical History Family Medical History Family Medical Histories Medical Histories, Family Medical History, Family Family Health History Family Health Histories Health Histories, Family Health History, Family Family History, Medical Family Histories, Medical Medical Family Histories Medical Family History Family History, Health Family Histories, Health Health Family Histories Health Family History

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Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment [E]
Diagnosis [E01]
Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures [E01.370]
Medical History Taking [E01.370.510]

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Bar chart showing 34 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 3 publications in 2006 and 2009 and 2018 and 2019 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2001	0	1	1
2003	0	1	1
2004	0	1	1
2005	0	2	2
2006	2	1	3
2007	0	1	1
2009	2	1	3
2010	0	1	1
2011	1	1	2
2013	0	1	1
2014	1	1	2
2016	2	0	2
2017	0	1	1
2018	0	3	3
2019	1	2	3
2020	1	1	2
2021	1	2	3
2022	0	1	1
2024	0	1	1

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Mittendorf KF, Bland HT, Andujar J, Celaya-Cobbs N, Edwards C, Gerhart M, Hooker G, Hubert M, Jones SH, Marshall DR, Myers RA, Pratap S, Rosenbloom ST, Sadeghpour A, Wu RR, Orlando LA, Wiesner GL. Family history and cancer risk study (FOREST): A clinical trial assessing electronic patient-directed family history input for identifying patients at risk of hereditary cancer. Contemp Clin Trials. 2025 Jan; 148:107714.

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Horne CE, Stayt LC, Schutz S, Smith CM, Haberstroh A, Bolin LP, Taylor CL, Moosavi SH, Bibbey A. Symptom experiences in hypertension: a mixed methods systematic review. J Hypertens. 2023 01 01; 41(1):1-16.

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Blackford AL, Childs EJ, Porter N, Petersen GM, Rabe KG, Gallinger S, Borgida A, Syngal S, Cote ML, Schwartz AG, Goggins MG, Hruban RH, Parmigiani G, Klein AP. A risk prediction tool for individuals with a family history of breast, ovarian, or pancreatic cancer: BRCAPANCPRO. Br J Cancer. 2021 12; 125(12):1712-1717.

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Barkley LC. The Preparticipation Sports Physical Examination. Curr Sports Med Rep. 2021 Feb 01; 20(2):65-66.

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Stumbar SE, Garba NA, Stevens M, Gray E, Uchimaya E, Bhoite P. Using a Hybrid Lecture and Small-Group Standardized Patient Case to Teach the Inclusive Sexual History and Transgender Patient Care. South Med J. 2021 01; 114(1):17-22.

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Siddiqui M, Dominiczak AF, Touyz RM, Carey RM, Basile J, Heslin MJ, Winokur T, Calhoun DA, Oparil S, Dudenbostel T. Case of Episodic and Positional Hypertension: Diagnosis and Treatment. Hypertension. 2020 09; 76(3):614-621.

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Amador M, Meza CA, McAinch AJ, King GA, Covington JD, Bajpeyi S. Exercise-Induced Improvements in Insulin Sensitivity Are Not Attenuated by a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:120.

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Musolf AM, Moiz BA, Sun H, Pikielny CW, Boss? Y, Mandal D, de Andrade M, Gaba C, Yang P, Li Y, You M, Govindan R, Wilson RK, Kupert EY, Anderson MW, Schwartz AG, Pinney SM, Amos CI, Bailey-Wilson JE. Whole Exome Sequencing of Highly Aggregated Lung Cancer Families Reveals Linked Loci for Increased Cancer Risk on Chromosomes 12q, 7p, and 4q. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 02; 29(2):434-442.

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Tolksdorf J, Kattan MW, Boorjian SA, Freedland SJ, Saba K, Poyet C, Guerrios L, De Hoedt A, Liss MA, Leach RJ, Hernandez J, Vertosick E, Vickers AJ, Ankerst DP. Multi-cohort modeling strategies for scalable globally accessible prostate cancer risk tools. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2019 10 15; 19(1):191.

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Stowers PN, Teelin KL. Documentation of Sexual and Menstrual Histories for Adolescent Patients in the Inpatient Setting. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2019 Oct; 32(5):520-524.

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