Volume 5 Issue 6 (November - December), 2019

Original Articles

Demographic and clinical profile of blood transfusion recipients of a tertiary care hospital
Jaskirat Singh, Jyotsna Khattri

Background: Blood transfusion plays important role in medical and surgical practice. A number of studies on blood and blood component utilisation have been carried out in recent years. Hence; the present study was undertaken for assessing the clinical and demographic profile of blood transfusion recipients of a tertiary care hospital. Materials & methods: A total of 200 patients were enrolled in the present study. Complete demographic details of all the patients were obtained. All these patients were the scheduled recipients of blood transfusion. A data sheet was prepared and clinical profile was evaluated. All the results were recorded in Microsoft excel sheet and were analysed by SPSS software. Results: Mean age of the patients was found to be 45.8 years. 62 percent of the patients were males while the remaining 38 percent were females. In 22.5 percent of the patients, A+ blood group was transfused, while in 21 percent of the patients, O+ blood group was transfused in 21 percent of the patients. Red blood cell units were transfused in 26 percent of the patients, while whole blood was transfused in 27 percent of the patients. While correlating the type of blood group and gender-wise distribution, non-significant results were obtained. Conclusion: A+ and O+ blood group are the most common type of blood group to be transfused with significantly more common in males. Key words: Blood, Transfusion

 
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