How to Perform a Critically Appraised Topic: Part 1, Ask, Search, and Apply
- 1 November 2011
- journal article
- Published by American Roentgen Ray Society in American Journal of Roentgenology
- Vol. 197 (5), 1039-1047
- https://doi.org/10.2214/ajr.09.7205
Abstract
OBJECTIVE. This article outlines the first three steps involved in performing a critically appraised topic for studies of diagnostic tests: Ask, formulate a question; Search, search the literature; and Apply, apply a level of evidence to the retrieved literature. CONCLUSION. Critically appraised topics provide a structured approach to formulating a clinical question, effectively searching the literature, assigning a level of evidence to the obtained literature, appraising the literature, and making recommendations for clinical practice.Keywords
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