{"id":19185,"date":"2020-12-03T22:56:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T22:56:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/pnr\/?p=19185"},"modified":"2026-02-03T18:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T18:46:31","slug":"pubmed-tip-clinical-queries","status":"archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.nnlm.gov\/region_5\/pubmed-tip-clinical-queries\/","title":{"rendered":"PubMed Tip: Clinical Queries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Clinical Queries<\/a> search in PubMed provides a way to quickly locate clinical studies.<\/p>\n

Clinical Queries was recently updated and now retrieves results for two searches: Clinical Studies and COVID-19 Articles.<\/p>\n

Locating Clinical Queries<\/h1>\n

The Clinical Queries search is available from the PubMed homepage<\/a>, under the \u201cFind\u201d icon.<\/p>\n

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How to use Clinical Queries<\/h1>\n

When doing a search in Clinical Queries, your terms will retrieve results for two separate searches: Clinical Studies and COVID-19 Articles.<\/p>\n

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Use the drop-down menus under the search box to select a relevant category for each search. This applies filters to your search terms. For the Clinical Studies search, chose from the categories therapy, clinical predication guides, diagnosis, etiology, and prognosis. For the COVID-19 Articles search, chose from the categories general, mechanism, transmission, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, case report, and forecasting. The PubMed Help Guide provides behind the scenes details on the filters applied for the Clinical Study Categories<\/a> and COVID-19 Articles<\/a> searches.<\/p>\n

Clinical Queries retrieves 5 articles for each search, and you can view all results for each search by clicking \u201csee all\u201d at the bottom of the initial results list.<\/p>\n

When to use Clinical Queries<\/h1>\n