ABO AND RHESUS BLOOD GROUP DISTRIBUTION IN RESIDENTS OF KARACHI.

Authors

  • Sumera Shaikh Department of Haematology, Ziauddin Hospital, Karachi
  • Ali Shariq Department of Microbiology, Ziauddin Hospital Karachi
  • Adnan Mustafa Zuberi Department of Pathology, Ziauddin Hospital Karachi
  • Syed Sohail Abbas Department of Pathology, Ziauddin University Hospital, Karachi

Keywords:

Blood groups, ABO, Rhesus

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Blood transfusion till recently was a life threatening procedure until the discovery of ABO blood groups. Today committee of League of Nations has recommended A, B, AB & O classification for general use. This study was aimed to determine the frequency of ABO and Rh blood groups in residents of Karachi, so that necessary measures should be taken to maintain the blood product inventory.

METHODS:

A study was conducted at Dr. Ziauddin Hospital Clifton laboratory Karachi, Pakistan over a period of 07 months from 1st June- 31st Dec 2016. Healthy blood donors and patients requiring blood products of different age groups were included. After an informed consent, blood grouping was performed by taking blood samples under aseptic measures in EDTA and Gel separating serum tubes for ABO & Rh blood grouping by tube method.

RESULTS:

A total of 1583 individuals presented during the study period with 868 (54.8%) males and 715(45.2%) females. Blood group O+ve was found to be more common (31.9%) followed by B+ve (31.2%). In Rh system, Rh+ve (97.2%) were more common than Rh negative (2.8%) blood groups.

CONCLUSION:

This study was carried out to maintain the blood product inventory concerning the management of blood bank and transfusion services for the patient.

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Published

2019-04-05

How to Cite

Shaikh, S., Shariq, A., Zuberi, A. M., & Abbas, S. S. (2019). ABO AND RHESUS BLOOD GROUP DISTRIBUTION IN RESIDENTS OF KARACHI. Pakistan Journal of Medicine and Dentistry, 7(3), 4. Retrieved from http://ojs.zu.edu.pk/ojs/index.php/pjmd/article/view/163

Issue

Vol. 7 No. 3 (2018): July-Sept

Section

Original Article

License

This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the CreativeCommons Attribution License (CC BY) 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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