Université Laval, Québec, QC: Johane
Lepage, BSc; Joanne Milot, RN; and
Christiane Balizet, RN; University of Calgary,
Calgary, AB: Lisette Machado, MD; and
Curtis Dumonceaux, BSc; University of
Alberta, Edmonton, AB: Miranda Bowen,
RRT; Fay Hartt; Angie Hillaby, RRT; and
Amy Haartsma, RRT; St. Michael’s Hospital,
Toronto, ON: Stephanie Segovia, PhD; and
Carolyn Spiegel-Feld; Queen’s University
Kingston General Hospital, Kingston, ON:
Ann Taite, BSc; Alison Morra, BScN; Emma
Bullock, HBSc; and Taylar Wall, RRT;
University of Saskatchewan Royal University
Hospital, Saskatoon, SK: Nancy Zacher; Janet
Baran, RN; and Yessica Lopez, BA; London
Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital,
London, ON: Katie Maguire; Heba
Almadhoun; and Robert Campbell-Pereira,
BSc; St. Clare’s Mercy Hospital, St John’s, NL:
Sarah Anthony, BNRN; and Tanya Nolan,
BNRN; McGill University Health Centre,
Montreal, QC: Francine Noel; Royal Victoria
Regional Health Centre, Barrie, ON: Masoud
Mahdavian; and Ashley Brown, RRT; and
Michael Garron Hospital, Toronto, ON: Ian
Fraser; Han Byul (Liz) Lee; and Yuna Lee,
BA. We would also thank Dong Vo We (data
manager, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute,
Ottawa, ON). We also thank the thousands of
study participants who gave their time and
came in for the study visits. We also thank
ASDE Survey Sampler, Inc (Gatineau, QC,
Canada) for organizing the random digit
dialing.
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