Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? The implementation and outcomes of a whole blood program in Ecuador

Amber Himmler; Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos; Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo; Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño; Doris Sarmiento Altamirano; Nube Flores Lazo; Raul Pino Andrade; Hernán Sacoto Aguilar; Lenin Fernández de Córdova; Cecibel Cevallos Augurto; Nakul Raykar; Juan Carlos Puyana; Juan Carlos Salamea

doi:10.1136/tsaco-2021-000758

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Is the whole greater than the sum of its parts? The implementation and outcomes of a whole blood program in Ecuador

Amber Himmler, Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos, Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo, Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño, Doris Sarmiento Altamirano, Nube Flores Lazo, Raul Pino Andrade, Hernán Sacoto Aguilar, Lenin Fernández de Córdova, Cecibel Cevallos Augurto, Nakul Raykar, Juan Carlos Puyana, Juan Carlos Salamea

DOI: 10.1136/tsaco-2021-000758 Published 18 November 2021

Amber Himmler

1Department of Surgery, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington DC, District of Columbia, USA

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Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Doris Sarmiento Altamirano

4College of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

5Department of Surgery, Hospital Jose Carrasco Arteaga, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Nube Flores Lazo

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Raul Pino Andrade

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Hernán Sacoto Aguilar

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

6College of Medicine, Universidad de Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Lenin Fernández de Córdova

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

7College of Medicine, Universidad Católica de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Cecibel Cevallos Augurto

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

3College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

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Nakul Raykar

8Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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Juan Carlos Puyana

9Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Juan Carlos Salamea

2Department of Surgery, Hospital Vicente Corral Moscoso Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

6College of Medicine, Universidad de Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

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