Assessing and expressing risk and uncertainty in clinical practice.

Plain-English summary

In a recent discussion, a veterinarian named Koenraad Florizoone suggested that veterinary medicine could benefit from using Bayesian reasoning, which is a way of thinking about probabilities and uncertainties. This approach could help veterinarians better assess how certain they are about a diagnosis and decide whether more tests are needed. By adopting this method, vets could improve their decision-making and ultimately provide better care for pets.