A Study to Determine the Pattern of Rh Factor  and ABO Blood Groups Amongst Medical Students  of Era�s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital,  Lucknow.

Dr. Abhishek Arun; Dr. Mrinal R Srivastava; Dr. Shweta Sehgal; Dr.  M.M.Khan

Volume : IV, Issue : II, February - 2014

A Study to Determine the Pattern of Rh Factor and ABO Blood Groups Amongst Medical Students of Era�s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital, Lucknow.

Dr. Abhishek Arun, Dr. Mrinal R Srivastava, Dr. Shweta Sehgal, Dr. M. M. Khan

Abstract :

The ABO blood group was discovered about one hundred years ago. Since then scientists have searched for an association between different pathologies and ABO group systems of patients.

This study was carried out amongst the medical students of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital (ELMC&H), Lucknow to see the distribution pattern of ABO and Rh(D) blood groups in small group, i.e. medical students of an institute.

Voluntary medical students of Era’s Lucknow Medical College and Hospital (ELMC&H), Lucknow. Total numbers of 500 students were included in this study. The ABO and Rh grouping done, data were recorded on specially formed proforma, tabulated and analyzed.

The result shows ABO group pattern as B>O>A>AB. The same pattern seen in Rh positive male and females while in Rh negative females the pattern was O>B>A>AB. The O Negative blood group was 2.24% while AB Negative was at lowest position (0.71%).

This study shows blood group B is more common amongst medical college students in this area (41%).These results are quite similar to the many other studies done at other parts of country. Everyone should have knowledge of their blood group. This will help to save life of patients as the blood transfusion is an emergency.