| clinical nursing research | Research carried out by nurses in the clinical setting and designed to provide information that will help improve patient care. Other professional staff may also participate in the research. (12 Dec 1998) |
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| clinical pathology | Any part of the medical practice of pathology as it pertains to the care of patients, the subspecialty in pathology concerned with the theoretical and technical aspects (i.e., the methods or procedures) of chemistry, immunohematology, microbiology, parasitology, immunology, haematology, and other fields as they pertain to the diagnosis of disease and the care of patients, as well as to the prevention of disease. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical pharmacy information systems | Information systems, usually computer-assisted, designed to store, manipulate, and retrieve information for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling administrative activities associated with the provision and utilization of clinical pharmacy services. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical presentation | This refers to the typical physical signs or symptoms that are associated with a particular disease process. The proper interpretation of the clinical presentation often leads to a specific diagnosis. (27 Sep 1997) |
| clinical protocols | Precise and detailed plans for the study of a medical or biomedical problem and/or plans for a regimen of therapy. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical psychology | A branch of psychology that specialises in both discovering new knowledge and in applying the art and science of psychology to persons with emotional or behavioural disorders; subspecialties include clinical child psychology and paediatric psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical recording | Making a record in tabular or graph form of the progress of a patient's condition. Synonym: clinical recording. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical research trials | Evaluating the safety and effectiveness of medications or medical devices by monitoring their effects on large groups of people. Clinical medical trials sponsored by the U. S. Government are listed on a web site of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The NIH Clinical Centre intends to make details of current clinical research studies for various diseases available over the Internet to increase opportunities for patients and physicians to participate in clinical investigations. (12 Dec 1998) |
| clinical root | That portion of a tooth embedded in the investing structures; the portion of a tooth not visible in the oral cavity. Synonym: radix clinica. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical sensitivity | Test positivity in disease; ability of a test to correctly identify disease. See: diagnostic sensitivity. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical spectrometry | Spectroscopic determination of the types and amounts of various substances in living tissue or fluid from a living body. Synonym: clinical spectrometry. Origin: bio-+ L. Spectrum, an image, + G. Metron, measure (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical spectroscopy | Spectroscopic examination of specimens of living tissue, including fluids removed therefrom. Synonym: clinical spectroscopy. Origin: bio-+ L. Spectrum, image, + G. Skopeo, to examine (05 Mar 2000) |
| clinical studies | <pharmacology> Human studies that are designed to measure the safety, efficacy, and appropriate dosage of a new drug or biological. Clinical studies routinely involve the use of a placebo group that is given an inactive substance that looks like the test product. (14 Nov 1997) |
| clinical syndrome | <syndrome> A clinical syndrome represents a typical constellation of physical (and laboratory) findings that may be seen as part of a primary disease process. A good example is shock, a clinical syndrome seen with many primary disease processes. (13 Nov 1997) |
| clinical thermometer | A small, self-registering thermometer, consisting of a simple scaled glass tube containing mercury, used for taking the temperature of the body. (05 Mar 2000) |