Retrospective study of ABO & Rh blood groups in blood donors at Dharpur.
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2013-11
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Background and Objectives: In these days of fast life nobody knows when he or she will be in urgent need of human blood for surgical or accidental causes. That is why to keep a record of blood donors with their blood groups may be of lots of help. This study was conducted to record the ABO & rhesus blood group pattern in blood donors at Blood Bank of GMERS Medical College, Dharpur - Patan. Methods: This is a retrospective study. After the permission of Departmental head and Medical Superintendant we used the data available at blood bank. Results: From the month May 2012 to June 2013 total 652 donors donated their blood. Out of which 640 were males and 12 were females. The commonest blood group found was B blood group in 42.63%, followed by O blood group in 26.38% , A blood group in 19.94% and AB blood group in 11.04%. While 96.01% donors were Rh positive and 3.99% donors were Rh negative. The maximum numbers of donors were between in age group 21-30 years. Conclusion: Blood group B is the commonest blood group followed by blood group O, A and AB. Most common age group is 21-30 years amongst the all donors.
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Blood groups, ABO blood group, Rhesus blood group
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Kotadiya Tarun, Patel Ankur, Parmar B H. Retrospective study of ABO & Rh blood groups in blood donors at Dharpur. National Journal of Integrated Research in Medicine. 2013 Nov-Dec; 4(6): 91-93.