Journal of Blood Disorders & Transfusion

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Health Education, Hampshire, UK

Publications

• Research Article   
  Red Blood Cell Alloimmunization among Multiple Blood Transfusions Sudanese Patients
  Author(s): Ahmed M. Elkhalifa, Anass M. Abbas, Manar G. Shalabi, Nada Yassin, Dania Z. Ahmed, Hadia A.M. Ahmed, Mohammed Abd Allah, Shaima E. Meirghani, Abdulaziz H. Alhamidi and Abozer Y. Elderdery*
  
  Objectives: This study aims to detect the alloantibody among patients treated by repeated blood transfusion for at least three or more times. Materials and methods: Across-sectional descriptive study design applied at Eldweem and Kosti teaching hospitals, Sudan. One hundred have blood transfusion three times or more and their age between 1-70 years old recruited in this study. Three ml of venous blood samples were collected in Ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA) anticoagulant containers from each participant. For all participants, slide method for ABO blood group and Rh factor were used. Indirect Coombs test apply to detect alloantibodies by Polly Specific antihuman globulin reagents using tube method techniques. Results: Results indicated that out of 142 multiple transfused patients; there were 82 (57.7%) ma.. View more»
  

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