Implementation of a comprehensive blood conservation program can reduce blood use in a community cardiac surgery program Steve Xydas, MD, Christopher.

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Implementation of a comprehensive blood conservation program can reduce blood use in a community cardiac surgery program Steve Xydas, MD, Christopher J. Magovern, MD, James P. Slater, MD, John M. Brown, MD, Rami Bustami, PhD, MBA, Grant V. Parr, MD, Robert L. Thurer, MD The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Volume 143, Issue 4, Pages 926-935 (April 2012) DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.003 Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 1 Blood conservation algorithm adopted at Morristown Medical Center in January 2010 for intraoperative (A) and postoperative (B) management. ICU, Intensive care unit; INR, international normalized ratio; FFP, fresh-frozen plasma; PTT, prothrombin time; ACT, activated clotting time; HgB, hemoglobin; ASA, acetylsalicylic acid. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 926-935DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.003) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions

Figure 2 Blood transfusion and blood component use over time. A 3-month period of blood conservation algorithm implantation was allotted from January to March 2010. FFP, Fresh-frozen plasma; PRBC, packed red blood cell. The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2012 143, 926-935DOI: (10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.01.003) Copyright © 2012 The American Association for Thoracic Surgery Terms and Conditions