Association Between Rhesus and ABO Blood Group Types and Their Impact on Clinical Outcomes in Critically Ill Patients with COVID-19: A Multi-Center Investigation.
Khalid Al SulaimanOhoud AljuhaniGhazwa B KorayemMashael AlFaifiAbdullah F AlharthiAsma AlshehriMashael S AlaboudIbtesam Saeed AlzahraniBatoul Abdullah AlenaziFai Farhan AlanaziHessah AlrashidiSara Mohammad AlotaibiKhuld AloufiRawan M AlotaibiMai AlalawiAli Faris AltebainawiMohammad Y AlshamiAbeer A AlenaziGhaida A AbalkhailRenad Bin NaheetRawan Mohammed Abu AlnasrMohammed A AlrashedFaisal E Al MutairiKhalid J AlbarqiRawan S AlshammariNorah M AbunayyanWadha J AldhmadiRamesh Kumar VishwakarmaPublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2024)
This study highlights the potential impact of blood group type on the prognosis of critically ill patients with COVID-19. It has been observed that patients with a negative Rh blood group type tend to have a longer hospital stay, while their mortality rates and complications during ICU stay are similar to the patients with a Rh-positive group.