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clinical significance

clinical significance

A change in a patient’s/subject's clinical status that is regarded as important, whether or not it is due to an intervention in the context of a clinical trial. The phrase clinical significance should not be used unless it is operationally defined.
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clinical significance

Medtalk A conclusion that an intervention has an effect of practical meaning to Pts and health care providers; even though an intervention is found to have a statistically significant effect, this effect might not be clinically significant
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Hence searching for a high-efficient and effective laboratory method is of great clinical significance to the diagnosis of bacterial infection.10 This study provides a scientific guidance for the clinical diagnosis and treatment of pediatric infectious diseases of newborns through investigating the values of serum PCT, CRP and WBC levels in the diagnosis of pediatric infectious diseases.
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