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Association of ABO blood group with postoperative total bleeding volume in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty
Author(s) -
Maezawa Katsuhiko,
Nozawa Masahiko,
Gomi Motoshi,
Sugimoto Munehiko,
Maruyama Yuichiro
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vox sanguinis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.68
H-Index - 83
eISSN - 1423-0410
pISSN - 0042-9007
DOI - 10.1111/vox.13072
Subject(s) - medicine , abo blood group system , total hip arthroplasty , surgery , blood type (non human) , arthroplasty , venous blood , blood volume , gastroenterology , anesthesia
Background and objectives As individuals with blood types A, B and AB have approximately 25% higher levels of vWF than those with type O, the risk of developing venous thrombotic events has been investigated in a number of clinical studies, but whether individuals with type O blood experience increased bleeding remains to be clarified. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an association of ABO blood group with intraoperative bleeding and postoperative total bleeding in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty. Materials and methods We prospectively recruited 84 women who were undergoing total hip arthroplasty. The differences between blood groups in mean age, body weight, preoperative and postoperative Hct levels, and postoperative/preoperative Hct ratio, intraoperative bleeding volume (IBV), and total bleeding volume (TBV) were evaluated. Results Twenty‐six patients had type A blood, 17 had type B, 9 had type AB, and 30 had type O. There were no significant differences in mean age, body weight or operating time between the different ABO blood groups. While there was no significant difference in these Hct levels or IBV among the different blood groups, there was a significant difference in TBV between type O and type AB, and between type O and non‐type O. Conclusion Our study in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty suggests that patients in blood group O tend to have large amounts of bleeding.