@article{Ghaffar_Uddin_Yazdani_Khan_Ghaffar_Haq_2019, title={SCREENING AND IDENTIFICATION OF RED CELL ALLOANTIBODIES IN MULTIPAROUS WOMEN, AN INSTITUTION BASED STUDY}, volume={69}, url={https://pafmj.org/PAFMJ/article/view/3193}, abstractNote={<p><strong>Objective:</strong> To screen and identify red cell alloantibodies in multiparous women by red cell panels.</p> <p><strong>Study Design:</strong> Cross sectional study.</p> <p><strong>Place and Duration of Study:</strong> Army Medical College and Armed Forces Institute of Transfusion in collaboration with Pak Emirates Military Hospital Rawalpindi, duration of study was from 1st Jan 2018 to 31st Aug 2018.</p> <p><strong>Material and Methods:</strong> Permission from Institutional Ethical Committee was obtained and blood samples of 200 multiparous women were taken from PEMH Rawalpindi, selected by non-probability consecutive sampling technique. After preliminary workup of ABO and Rh D blood grouping, samples were screened by 3 cell panel to detect presence of red cell alloantibodies and positive results were further identified by 11 cell panel following manufacturer’s instructions.</p> <p><strong>Results:</strong> Two Hundreds (200) multiparous women were screened for presence of red cell alloantibodies. The frequency of alloantibodies in multiparous women was 3% (6/200). Most prevalent alloantibody identified was anti-D having frequency of 1.5% (3/6), while other alloantibodies included anti e 0.5% (1/6), Anti K 0.5% (1/6) and insignificant antibody 0.5% (1/6).</p> <p><strong>Conclusion:</strong> Our study confirmed that Rh antibodies were most prevalent alloantibodies, out of which anti D was the most frequent alloantibody in Pakistani population while anti e and anti K were present in relatively lower frequency.</p>}, number={4}, journal={Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal}, author={Ghaffar, Sunia and Uddin, Nasir and Yazdani, Muhammad Sajid and Khan, Saleem Ahmed and Ghaffar, Samia and Haq, Hala}, year={2019}, month={Aug.}, pages={748–52} }