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Eveline Hitti

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, American University of Beirut
Verified email at aub.edu.lb
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[HTML][HTML] Mitigating infodemics: The relationship between news exposure and trust and belief in COVID-19 fake news and social media spreading

J Melki, H Tamim, D Hadid, M Makki, J El Amine, E Hitti - Plos one, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Misinformation surrounding COVID-19 poses a global public health problem
that adversely affects governments’ abilities to mitigate the disease and causes accidental …

Use of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of COVID-19: a WHO rapid advice guide

…, G Frija, R Chou, JA Appiah, M Fatehi, N Flor, E Hitti… - Radiology, 2021 - pubs.rsna.org
The World Health Organization (WHO) undertook the development of a rapid guide on the
use of chest imaging in the diagnosis and management of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-…

Media exposure and health behavior during pandemics: The mediating effect of perceived knowledge and fear on compliance with COVID-19 prevention measures

…, S Farhat, M Makki, L Ghandour, E Hitti - Health …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Emerging research has examined the role of media coverage of diseases in influencing
people’s health behavior, particularly their compliance with prevention measures. This study …

[HTML][HTML] Causes of cancellations on the day of surgery at a Tertiary Teaching Hospital

R Kaddoum, R Fadlallah, E Hitti, F El-Jardali… - BMC health services …, 2016 - Springer
Background Cancellation of elective scheduled operations on the day of surgery leads to an
inefficient use of operating room (OR) time and a waste of resources. It also causes …

[HTML][HTML] Improving hospital discharge time: a successful implementation of six sigma methodology

GR El-Eid, R Kaddoum, H Tamim, EA Hitti - Medicine, 2015 - journals.lww.com
… DHA, MBA; Kaddoum, Roland MD; Tamim, Hani PhD; Hitti, Eveline A. MD, MBA … Hitti,
MBA, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency …

COVID-19 response in Lebanon: current experience and challenges in a low-resource setting

P Khoury, E Azar, E Hitti - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
… Corresponding Author: Eveline Hitti, MD, MBA, Department of Emergency Medicine,
American University of Beirut, PO Box 11-0236, Riad El Solh 1107 2020, Beirut, Lebanon (eh16@…

[HTML][HTML] Mobile device use among emergency department healthcare professionals: prevalence, utilization and attitudes

E Hitti, D Hadid, J Melki, R Kaddoura… - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
Mobile devices are increasingly permeating healthcare and are being regularly used by
healthcare providers. We examined the prevalence and frequency of mobile device use, and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving emergency department radiology transportation time: a successful implementation of lean methodology

EA Hitti, GR El-Eid, H Tamim, R Saleh, M Saliba… - BMC health services …, 2017 - Springer
Background Emergency Department overcrowding has become a global problem and a
growing safety and quality concern. Radiology and laboratory turnaround time, ED boarding …

Media exposure, mediated social comparison to idealized images of muscularity, and anabolic steroid use

JP Melki, EA Hitti, MJ Oghia, AA Mufarrij - Health Communication, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the association between anabolic–androgenic steroid (AAS) use and
dominant sociocultural factors, specifically media exposure to idealized images of male …

The impact of COVID-19 lockdown measures on ED visits in Lebanon

D Mahmassani, H Tamim, M Makki, E Hitti - The American journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Introduction As the COVID-19 pandemic spread globally, emergency departments (ED) around
the world began to report significant drops in volumes and changes in disease patterns. …