1. 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 (April 2012)
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2. 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.
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3. 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 FFP, Fresh-frozen plasma; PRBC, packed red blood cell.
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