Indications of Intrapartum Blood Transfusion among Sudanese Women

Research Article

Austin Hematol. 2023; 8(1): 1048.

Indications of Intrapartum Blood Transfusion among Sudanese Women

Awadalla Abdelwahid Suliman¹*; Hajar Suliman Ibrahim Ahmed¹; Abdelgadir Suliman Ibrahim²; Omer Mandar³; Siddig Omer M Handady4; A Wad Ali M Alawd5

1Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Neelain University, Sudan

2General Practitioner Christchurch Medical Centre, Ardington Rd, Northampton NN1 5LT, Abington Park Surgery, Sudan

3Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Saudia Arabia

4Associated Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Faculty Medicine, Al Nahda University, Ibrahim Malik Teaching Hospital, Sudan

5Faculty of Medicine, University of Medical Sciences and Technology, Sudan

*Corresponding author: Awadalla Abdelwahid Suliman Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine, Al Neelain University, Khartoum-Sudan. Email: awad336@yahoo.com

Received: August 17, 2023 Accepted: October 03, 2023 Published: October 10, 2023

Abstract

Background: little attention has been given in the literature to the problems of intra partum blood transfusion, but many hospitals note that they make a substantial contribution to good maternal outcome. Intrapartum blood transfusion is life saving and reduce maternal mortality.

Objective: The main objective of the study was to determine indications, incidence and risk factors of intra partum blood transfusion among Sudanese women.

Methodology: It was a descriptive prospective cross-sectional hospital-based study conducted in Khartoum teaching hospital during period May 2012 - October 2012.

An interview questionnaire was used for data collection. The data was collected by trained doctors in the labour room. Two hundred and forty (240) pregnant women received blood intra partum were included in the study after an informed consent.

Data was collected by structure questionnaire. Demographic and clinical data concerning personal history, risk of blood transfusion, type of blood and preparation of were recorded

Results: Total the deliveries during period of the study were 6813, and 240 of the women received a blood transfusion so the rate of blood transfusion was 4%. The mean age and parity of the women who received blood transfusions were 27.6 years, and two respectively.