Dr. Petra Innerhofer
Head of Department
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine
Innsbruck Medical University
Austria
Biography
EDUCATION 1975 - 1981 Innsbruck University, Innsbruck, Austria:Studied Human Medicine at the Faculty of Medicine 1981 Doctoral degree (Dr. med. univ., Doctor Medicinae Universae) in Human Medicine received from Innsbruck University. PROFESSIONAL CAREER 1983 - 1986 Innsbruck University Hospital: Medical rotation 1986 - 1990 Innsbruck University Hospital: Residency in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine 1990 Emergency Physician Diploma 1990 Specialization in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine recognized by the Austrian Medical Association 1993 Innsbruck University Hospital: Assistant Head of Anesthesiology for the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics and MRI 1993/94 University of Innsbruck and Training Center West, Innsbruck, Austria: International University Course in Hospital Management 1997/98 Trained in transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) in Innsbruck 2002 Innsbruck Medical University: Venia docendi granted in Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine (Venia docendi thesis: „Immunological Side-Effects of Allogeneic and Autologous Blood Transfusions“) 2005 Head of Anesthesiology for the Department of Pediatrics, Orthopedics, MRI and Plastic Surgery
Research Interest
1. Perioperative transfusion therapy 2. Regional anesthesia in pediatric anesthesiology 3. Volume therapy, management of massive blood loss 4. Perioperative coagulation management, traveler's thrombosis
Publications
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Oswald E, Velik-Salchner C, Innerhofer P, Tauber H, Auckenthaler T, Ulmer H, Streif W. Results of rotational thromboelastometry, coagulation activation markers and thrombin generation assays in orthopedic patients during thromboprophylaxis with rivaroxaban and enoxaparin: a prospective cohort study. Blood Coagulation & Fibrinolysis. 2015 Mar 1;26(2):136-44.
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Innerhofer P, Fries D, Mittermayr M, Innerhofer N, von Langen D, Hell T, Gruber G, Schmid S, Friesenecker B, Lorenz IH, Ströhle M. Reversal of trauma-induced coagulopathy using first-line coagulation factor concentrates or fresh frozen plasma (RETIC): a single-centre, parallel-group, open-label, randomised trial. The Lancet Haematology. 2017 Apr 28.
