Correlation of ABO and Rh blood groups with transfusion administration and fever onset after hip surgery in children.
OBJECTIVE
Aim of our study was to evaluate distribution of ABO and Rh blood type groups in children after hip surgery regarding transfusion administration and fever presence.


METHODS
Four types of ABO blood groups (A; B; AB; O) and 2 types of Rh blood groups (Rh+; Rh-) were evaluated in group with administered transfusion (tr+) and without given transfusion (tr-); and in group with fever (fev+) and without fever (fev-), in 146 children after hip surgery. Tr+ and fev+ groups were divided into 3 groups (0-24h; 25-48h; 49-72h): for tr+ group (Group 1, Group 2, Group 3), and for fev+ group (Group A, Group B, Group C).


RESULTS
AB blood group significantly decreased in Group 1 (χ2= 6.44; p<0.05) and A blood group in Group 3 in tr+ group (χ2= 7.68; p<0.01). O blood group significantly increased in Group 3 in tr+ group (χ2= 9.96; p<0.01). AB blood group significantly decreased in Groups B (χ2= 12.2; p<0.01) and C (χ2= 4.2; p<0.05) in fev+ versus fevgroup. B blood group significantly increased in Group C (χ2= 34.4; p<0.01) in fev+group.


CONCLUSIONS
Administration of transfusion and fever onset in pediatric patients undergoing surgical correction of the hip is not influenced by the ABO and Rh blood groups system in humans. There is correlation between distribution of ABO blood groups with the time of transfusion administration and fever onset in children after hip surgery.
Pediatric Surgery Department, University Children's Hospital, Belgrade, Serbia.
Radivoj
R
Brdar
Ivana
I
Petronic
Dejan
D
Nikolic
Zoran
Z
Golubovic
Bojan
B
Bukva
Vladimir
V
Radlovic
Dusan
D
Abramovic
Sinisa
S
Ducic
Hristina
H
Colovic
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D001803:Blood Transfusion / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005334:Fever / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006615:Hip / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000097:blood* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System
D000017:ABO Blood-Group System; D012204:Rh-Hr Blood-Group System