PROFILE OF TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN CHENNAI

Dr. T.M.Mani; Dr. L.Dhanaraj; Dr. Christina Mary.P.Paul; Dr. S.Rajesh Kumar; Dr. S.Priyanka; Dr. Saranya Nagalingam

Volume : V, Issue : VI, June - 2016

PROFILE OF TRANSFUSION RECIPIENTS IN A TERTIARY CARE CENTRE IN CHENNAI

Dr. T. M. Mani, Dr. L. Dhanaraj, Dr. Christina Mary. P. Paul, Dr. S. Rajesh Kumar, Dr. S. Priyanka, Dr. Saranya Nagalingam

Abstract :

 RESEARCH QUESTION: Is Blood transfusion, an important requisite for patients undergoing surgical intervention? BACKGROUND: According to World Health Organization (WHO) study and data around the world regarding blood safety, about 80% of world’s population does not have access to safe blood (Global Data Base). MATERIALS AND METHODS: A record based retrosprective descriptive study was carried out based on the Blood Transfusions carried out in ACS MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL during the period of January 2015 to December 2015 to know the profile of blood transfusion taking place in patients who gets admitted in ACS medical college and hospital. The datas were collected from the records available in the blood bank after getting assent from the institution. The datas were entered in MS Excel sheet and analysed using SPSS Software. RESULTS: Totally 199 study participants were included in our study, among the partakers 64.3% were females. Of the partakers, 46.2% (92) were less than 40 years and 52.8% (107) were above 40 years. Surgical reasons for transfusion were 1.94 times more common among males when compared to females and this association was found to be statistically significant (p = 0.03). CONCLUSION: There were more female recipients and more recipients in the younger age group (< 40 years) . Surgical reason for transfusion were significantly more common among males.