How to write a critically appraised topic (CAT).

Critical Care Assembly Critically Appraised Topics (CCCATS) Library

The Critical Care Assembly Critically Appraised Topics is a website that provides updates in relevant and controversial critical care topics using an evidence-based approach. In reviewing this site we browsed through the online offerings and assessed the information provided as well as the user interface. Each critically appraised topic (CAT) is structured so that the following information is i...

Critically appraised topics.

This article describes the critically appraised topic (CAT) as a means to disseminate evidence from research literature to rehabilitation professionals. A CAT is a standardized, one-page summary of research evidence organized around a clinical question. A CAT includes a clinical bottom line that reflects synthesis of a research article and clinical application of the results. The synthesis incl...

Quantitative evaluation of recall and precision of CAT Crawler, a search engine specialized on retrieval of Critically Appraised Topics

BACKGROUND Critically Appraised Topics (CATs) are a useful tool that helps physicians to make clinical decisions as the healthcare moves towards the practice of Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM). The fast growing World Wide Web has provided a place for physicians to share their appraised topics online, but an increasing amount of time is needed to find a particular topic within such a rich reposito...

A critically appraised topic (CAT) to compare the effects of single and multi-cat housing on physiological and behavioural measures of stress in domestic cats in confined environments

BACKGROUND Domestic cats have evolved from solitary, asocial predators and whilst they may display social behaviours, they can still exist as solitary survivors. Over-population and relinquishment of pet cats are ubiquitous problems worldwide, and rehoming centres (also known as rescues/ shelters) aim to ameliorate this by holding cats in confinement for a variable period until a new home is fo...

Evidence Based Practice Critically Appraised Topic