Author contributions

Omair Rahman and Bram Rochwerg contributed to all aspects of this manuscript including survey conception and design; data acquisition, analysis, and interpretation; and drafting the manuscript. Emannuel Charbonney contributed to the conception and design of the survey, the translation of the survey into French, and in manuscript development. Ryan Vaisler contributed to data acquisition and the nationwide outreach to recruit potential respondents to complete our survey. Abubaker Khalifa contributed to the survey conception and design, as well as manuscript development. Kiera Gossack-Keenan contributed to the survey conception and design. Waleed Alhazzani, Allan Garland, Timothy Karachi, Erick Duan, Sean M. Bagshaw, Maureen Meade, Chris Hillis, Peter Kavsak, Karen Born, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Deborah Siegal, Tina Millen, Damon Scales, Andre Amaral, Shane English, Victoria A. McCredie, Peter Dodek, and Deborah J. Cook all provided constructive feedback to the initial survey, and contributed to manuscript development

Acknowledgments

Dr. Bagshaw is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Nephrology. Dr. Cook is supported by a Canada Research Chair in Critical Care Knowledge Translation. We would like to acknowledge the Peggy Austin for her organizational assistance.

Disclosures

None to declare.

Funding statement

We did not receive funding for this project.

Prior conference presentations

This paper was presented at the 2018 Canadian Critical Care Forum (6–9 November, Toronto, ON, Canada) and the 2019 Choosing Wisely Canada National Meeting (27 May, Montreal, QC, Canada).

Editorial responsibility

This submission was handled by Dr. Patricia S. Fontela, Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d’anesthésie