Publications by authors named "Adnan Haj-Moustafa"
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- A survey was conducted among Canadian critical care physicians to assess their attitudes and knowledge regarding legislation on deceased organ donation, specifically focusing on opt-out consent and mandatory referral models.
- About 61% of respondents favored switching to an opt-out consent system, believing it would enhance organ donation rates, although many claimed it wouldn't change their approach to discussions with families.
- Despite support for mandatory referral laws, many physicians were unaware of such laws in their provinces and had differing views on accountability for non-referrals, indicating a need for better education on how these laws impact their practices.
Purpose: Intensive care physicians play an important role in the identification and referral of potential organ donors in Canada. Nevertheless, little is known about intensivists' attitudes or behaviours in situations where families override previously expressed consent to donate; nor why physicians elect not to refer patients who are potential donors to provincial organ donation organizations (physician non-referral).
Methods: We integrated questions regarding family override and physician non-referral into an online, self-administered survey of Canadian intensivists.
During the Ebola outbreak, mortality reduction was attributed to multiple improvements in supportive care delivered in Ebola treatment units (ETUs). We aimed to identify high-priority supportive care measures, as well as perceived barriers and facilitators to their implementation, for patients with Ebola Virus Disease (EVD). We conducted a cross-sectional survey of key stakeholders involved in the response to the 2014⁻2016 West African EVD outbreak.
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