Title
Paradigm shift in utilization of blood and blood components during COVID pandemic among pregnant women in India
Authors
Saritha Karre*, Anitha Sunkara, Neelima Manda, Sreelakshmi Induri & Chandrakumar Shanmugam
Affiliation
Department of Pathology, Government Medical College Quthbullapur, Malkajgiri, Medchal Telangana India; *Corresponding author
Saritha Karre - E-mail: dr_saritha14@yahoo.co.in; Phone: +91 9985328177
Anitha Sunkara - E-mail: sunkara2310@gmail.com; Phone: +91 9030995595
Neelima Manda - E-mail: drmneelima19@gmail.com; Phone: +91 6304173913
Sreelakshmi Induri - E-mail: sreelakshmi123123@rediffmail.com; Phone: +91 9346371707
Chandrakumar Shanmugam - E-mail: dr_chandru2k@yahoo.com; Phone: +91 9949539205
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30,
2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic posed major challenges in obstetric care due to altered maternal physiology and coagulation abnormalities, increasing transfusion requirements in pregnant women. Blood and blood component transfusion remains essential for managing anemia, obstetric hemorrhage and sepsis. Therefore, it is of interest to evaluate the pattern and indications of blood and blood component utilization in COVID-positive pregnant women and compared them with the pre-COVID era. Packed red cells were the most frequently transfused component, followed by fresh frozen plasma and platelets during the pandemic. The observed change in utilization shows COVID-19–related coagulopathy for adequate availability of blood components during pandemics.
Keywords
COVID-19 pandemic, paradigm shift, pregnant woman, blood and blood components
Citation
Karre et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 2634-2639 (2026)
Edited by
Neelam Goyal & Shruti Dabi
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
