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Name | A retrospective study of pattern and frequency of blood groups in voluntary donors attending blood bank of a tertiary care hospital |
Description | Research article:-Pathology *1Manu Mathur and 2Rishi Diwan 1MD, Assistant professor ,2 MD, Associate professor, Department of Pathology, S.R.G. Hospital and Medical College, Jhalawar, Rajasthan, India. Abstract:-Objective: To find out frequency and pattern of ABO and Rh blood group among voluntary donors. Material and Methods: Voluntary donors attending blood bank or blood donation camps organized by Medical College Jhalawar ,Rajasthan between April 2008 to March 2012 (4 years study). Total numbers of 4911 such donors were included in this study. The ABO and Rh grouping done, data were recorded on specially formed proforma, tabulated and analyzed. Results: The result shows ABO group pattern as O>B>A>AB. The same pattern seen in Rh positive male and females while in Rh negative females the pattern was B>O>A>AB. The O Negative blood group was 2.24% while AB negative was at lowest position (0.71%). Discussion and Conclusion: This study shows blood group O is more common in voluntary donors in this area(32.8%).These results are quite similar to the many other studies done at other parts of country. Everyone should have knowledge of their blood group. This will help to save life of patients when blood transfusion is an emergency.
Key words:-ABO blood group, Rhesus (Rh) blood group, voluntary donors, blood transfusion. |
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