Effect of Season on Blood Transfusion Patterns: A Retrospective Study

https://doi.org/10.28991/SciMedJ-2023-05-02-03
Blood Transfusion Inpatient Rainfall Season Transfusion Pattern.

Authors

  • Felix Osei-Boakye
    foseiboakye1@gmail.com
    1) Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana. 2) Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki,, Nigeria
  • Nicholas Agyepong 1) Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana. 3) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
  • Charles Nkansah 2) Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Science and Technology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria. 4) Department of Hematology, School of Allied Health Sciences, University for Development Studies, Tamale,, Ghana
  • Abdul-Razak Saasi Department of Medical Diagnostics, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi,, Ghana
  • Dorcas Serwaa Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne,, Australia
  • Mark Danquah 1) Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani, Ghana. 3) Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
  • Kwesi Kattah Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
  • Mohammed Khadija Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
  • Fati Salifu Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
  • Andrea Owusu Antwi Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Applied Science and Technology, Sunyani Technical University, Sunyani,, Ghana
Vol. 5 No. 2 (2023): June
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Background: Different seasons present varied environmental factors that influence the occurrence of transfusion-driven diseases. Therefore, this study determined the patterns of blood transfusion among hospitalized patients and the effect of season on ABO/Rh phenotypes. Methods: A single-center retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted on 5089 hospitalized patients that were transfused with blood at Sunyani Municipal Hospital. Archived blood transfusion records were retrieved and analyzed using GraphPad Prism, and SPSS. The association, effect size, and yearly trends of transfusion patterns were determined. Results: The majority of the participants were females (63.0% [3208]), 36-49 years old (20.4% [1039]), O phenotype (48.1% [2447]), Rh-positive (93.1% [4737]), and transfused in the rainy season (61.0% [3103]). Patients’ ABO was weakly associated with age (r = 0.07, p = 0.001) and season (r = 0.05, p = 0.008). Eighty percent (4053/5089) of the transfusions were ABO group-specific, and 28.3% (1146/4053) of this occurred at the emergency ward. The source of transfusion request was weakly associated with season (r = 0.1, p = 0.001) and type of transfusion (r = 0.1, p = 0.002). The rainy season (slope: 142.9, p = 0.001) and ABO-specific transfusions (slope: 219.5, p = 0.001) showed consistent increasing trends over the years. Conclusion: Blood transfusion was frequent among females, adults, Rh-positive and O phenotypes, and in the rainy season. Age and season were significantly associated with ABO, but not Rh. A transfusion request was associated with the season and type of transfusion, with the majority of transfusions occurring in the rainy season and emergency ward. There was an increasing yearly trend in blood transfusions.

 

Doi: 10.28991/SciMedJ-2023-05-02-03

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