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Axel Hofmann
Researcher at University of Western Australia
Publications - 64
Citations - 5050
Axel Hofmann is an academic researcher from University of Western Australia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood management & Blood transfusion. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 64 publications receiving 4087 citations. Previous affiliations of Axel Hofmann include University of Zurich & Fremantle Hospital.
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Activity-based costs of blood transfusions in surgical patients at four hospitals
TL;DR: Determining the cost of supplying patients with blood transfusions requires an in‐depth examination of the complex array of activities surrounding the decision to transfuse.
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Blood use in elective surgery: the Austrian benchmark study.
TL;DR: In this article, a prospective observational study in 18 randomly selected public hospitals from April 2004 to February 2005 was conducted to measure and compare the current transfusion practice and to identify predictors of transfusion in public hospitals to develop strategies to optimize transfusion practices.
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Universal definition of perioperative bleeding in adult cardiac surgery.
Cornelius M. Dyke,Solomon Aronson,Wulf Dietrich,Axel Hofmann,Keyvan Karkouti,Keyvan Karkouti,Marcel Levi,Gavin J. Murphy,Frank W. Sellke,Linda Shore-Lesserson,Christian von Heymann,Marco Ranucci +11 more
TL;DR: The proposed universal definition for perioperative bleeding (UDPB) in adult cardiac surgery provides a precise classification of bleeding that is useful in everyday practice as well as in clinical research.
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Improved outcomes and reduced costs associated with a health-system-wide patient blood management program: a retrospective observational study in four major adult tertiary-care hospitals.
Michael F. Leahy,Axel Hofmann,Simon Towler,Kevin M. Trentino,Sally Burrows,Stuart G. Swain,Jeffrey M. Hamdorf,Trudi Gallagher,Audrey Koay,Gary C. Geelhoed,Shannon Farmer,Shannon Farmer +11 more
TL;DR: Patient blood management programs are associated with improved patient outcomes, reduced transfusions and costs, and a comprehensive health‐system–wide PBM program was initiated in 2008.
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Patient blood management in Europe
Aryeh Shander,H. Van Aken,Maria J. Colomina,Hans Gombotz,Axel Hofmann,R. Krauspe,Sigismond Lasocki,Toby Richards,R. Slappendel,Donat R. Spahn +9 more
TL;DR: There is a pressing need for European healthcare providers to integrate PBM strategies into routine care for patients undergoing orthopaedic and other types of surgery in order to reduce the use of unnecessary transfusions and improve the quality of care.