Overview of ABO-Blood Types and Mortality Outcome of COVID-19 Patients: An Observational Study in Bangladeshi Cohort

Background: The objective was to perceive the demographic characteristics, clinical symptoms, comorbidities, and biomarkers (hematological, inflammatory, hepatic, renal, and metabolic) of Intensive Care Unit admitted survivors and deceased patients with coronavirus and link with ABO system admitted to a tertiary level hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Methods: It was a retrospective cohort, conducted in Holy Family Red Crescent Medical College Hospital, dedicated to COVID-19 at Dhaka, Bangladesh from 15th May to 9th September 2020. All 112 patients admitted to ICU diagnosed as COVID-19 cases (RT-PCR of the nasopharyngeal swab) were included in the study. Demographic data, prognostic biomarkers of 76 ICU patients were available and found from hospital records (non-electronic) and treatment sheets, and compared between the survived and deceased patients.