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

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

Affiliations

Juan Carlos Puyana

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

Amber Himmler

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

Juan Carlos Salamea

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

Raul Pino Andrade

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

Nakul Raykar

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

Monica Eulalia Galarza Armijos

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

Jeovanni Reinoso Naranjo

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

Sandra Gioconda Peña Patiño

College of Medicine, Universidad de Cuenca, Cuenca, Ecuador

Doris Sarmiento Altamirano

College of Medicine, University of Azuay, Cuenca, Ecuador

Nube Flores Lazo

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

Hernán Sacoto Aguilar

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

Lenin Fernández de Córdova

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

Cecibel Cevallos Augurto

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