Abstract

Summary This article describes how critically appraised topics (CATS) were adapted to support clinicians and managers in evidence-based decision making and how clinical uncertainty can be reduced using this system. The critically appraised topic has been adapted from the original CATS developed in Canada in 1995 [Sauve, et al., 1995. The critically appraised topic: a practical approach to learning critical appraisal. Ann. Roy. Soc. Phys. Surg. Canada. 28, 396–398] and from the centre for evidence-based medicine in Oxford. Our illustrative example relates to the use of anti-embolic stockings in reducing the risk of Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT), now more usually called venous thromboembolism, in a range of patient groups including orthopaedic patients.

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