Critically appraised topics

Via social media I find out about this paper from the British Journal of Dermatology (you will need a subscription to see the full paper).  It is a critically appraised topic about the use of diphenylcyclopropenone to treat alopecia areata, and involves a literature search carried out by Jacqueline Limpens, a medical librarian at the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, which is how I found out about it.What is a "critically appraised topic"?  Also known as a "CAT", a critically appraised topic is "is a short summary of the best available evidence, created to answer a specific clinical question", quoting from the University of Groningen listed below.  Here are some resources about what a CAT is and how to carry one out:BestBETs - Best Evidence Topics are a modification of the CAT. CATMaker, software for creating CATs, from the Centre for Evidence Based Medicine, Oxford.  CATWalk: a guide to critically appraised topics (University of Alberta)LibGuide from the University of Groningen (in English) Occupational therapy critically appraised topic  Physiopedia: Critically Appraised TopicsUniversity of Texas Health Science Center - what is a CAT?And here are some articles with links to PubMed:How to perform a critically appraised topic: part 1, ask, search, and apply.Kelly AM, Cronin P.AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2011 Nov;197(5):1039-47. PMID: 22021494How to perform a critically appraised topic: part 2, appraise, evaluate, generate, and recommend.Kelly A...
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