Research/art/teacher profile of a person
Name and surname:
doc. MUDr. Alexandra Krištúfková, PhD.
Document type:
Research/art/teacher profile of a person
The name of the university:
Comenius University Bratislava
The seat of the university:
Šafárikovo námestie 6, 818 06 Bratislava

I. - Basic information

I.1 - Surname
Krištúfková
I.2 - Name
Alexandra
I.3 - Degrees
doc. MUDr. PhD.
I.4 - Year of birth
1984
I.5 - Name of the workplace
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine, 1st Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
I.6 - Address of the workplace
Antolská 11, 851 07 Bratislava
I.7 - Position
university teacher - assoc. professor
I.8 - E-mail address
kristufkova1@uniba.sk, a.kristufkova@gmail.com
I.9 - Hyperlink to the entry of a person in the Register of university staff
https://www.portalvs.sk/regzam/detail/5774
I.10 - Name of the study field in which a person works at the university
gynaecology and obstetrics
I.11 - ORCID iD
0000-0002-1216-0824

II. - Higher education and further qualification growth

II.1 - First degree of higher education
II.2 - Second degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2009
II.c - Study field and programme
general medicine
II.3 - Third degree of higher education
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2013
II.c - Study field and programme
gynaecology and obstetrics
II.4 - Associate professor
II.a - Name of the university or institution
Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine
II.b - Year
2019
II.c - Study field and programme
gynaecology and obstetrics
II.5 - Professor
II.6 - Doctor of Science (DrSc.)

III. - Current and previous employment

III.a - Occupation-position III.b - Institution III.c - Duration
assistant, assoc. professor Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2019 - until now
assistant, PhD. Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2013 - 2019
PhD. student Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Medicine 2009 - 2013

IV. - Development of pedagogical, professional, language, digital and other skills

IV.a - Activity description, course name, other IV.b - Name of the institution IV.c - Year
Training the trainers course (TTT course) The European Board and College in Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2014
Simulation as a Teaching tool – Instructor Course Centre for Medical Simulation, New York 2016

V. - Overview of activities within the teaching career at the university

V.1 - Overview of the profile courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.1.a - Name of the profile course V.1.b - Study programme V.1.c - Degree V.1.d - Field of study
Gynaecology and obstetrics general medicine I. + II. general medicine
Gynaecology and obstetrics dentistry / dental medicine I. + II. dentistry / dental medicine
V.2 - Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
V.2.a - Name of the study programme V.2.b - Degree V.2.c - Field of study
Gynaecology and obstetrics III. gynaecology and obstetrics
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology I. + II. general medicine
Gynaecological sexology - within optional subject Sexology I. + II. general medicine
imulation in obstetrics and gynaecology (subspecialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) specialisation / training in gynaecology and obstetrics gynaecology and obstetrics
V.3 - Overview of the responsibility for the development and quality of the field of habilitation procedure and inaugural procedure in the current academic year
V.4 - Overview of supervised final theses
V.4.1 - Number of currently supervised theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
6
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
4
V.4.2 - Number of defended theses
V.4.b - Diploma (second degree)
17
V.4.c - Dissertation (third degree)
0
V.5 - Overview of other courses taught in the current academic year according to study programmes
V.5.a - Name of the course V.5.b - Study programme V.5.c - Degree V.5.d - Field of study
Gynaecological sexology - within optional subject Sexology General medicine I. + II. general medicine
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology general medicine I. + II. general medicine
Simulation in obstetrics and gynaecology (subspecialty training in Obstetrics and Gynaecology) gynaecology and obstetrics specialisation/training in gynaecology and obstetrics gynaecology and obstetrics

VI. - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs

VI.1 - Overview of the research/artistic/other outputs and the corresponding citations
VI.1.1 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
213
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
101
VI.1.2 - Number of the research/artistic/other outputs registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
32
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
21
VI.1.3 - Number of citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
VI.1.a - Overall
448
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
427
VI.1.4 - Number of citations registered in the Web of Science or Scopus databases
VI.1.a - Overall
448
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
427
VI.1.5 - Number of invited lectures at the international, national level
VI.1.a - Overall
6
VI.1.b - Over the last six years
6
VI.2 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs
1

Kristufkova A, Pinto Da Costa M, Mintziori G, Vásquez JL, Aabakke AJM, Fode M.:S exual Health During Postgraduate Training-European Survey Across Medical Specialties.Sex Med. 2018 Sep;6(3):255-262. doi: 10.1016/j.esxm.2018.04.001. Epub 2018 Apr 26.PMID: 29706561

2

Schaap T, Bloemenkamp K, Deneux-Tharaux C, Knight M, Langhoff-Roos J, Sullivan E, van den Akker T; INOSS: Defining definitions: a Delphi study to develop a core outcome set for conditions of severe maternal morbidity..BJOG. 2019 Feb;126(3):394-401. doi: 10.1111/1471-0528.14833. Epub 2017 Aug 24.PMID: 28755459

3

Kristufkova A, Borovsky M, Danis J, Dugatova M, Levayova B, Korbel M:A nalyses of severe acute maternal morbidity in Slovakia during years 2012-2016..Bratisl Lek Listy. 2019;120(9):690-694. doi: 10.4149/BLL_2019_116.PMID: 31475556

4

Adamec A, Vargová M, Kotríková D, McCullough L, Kanásová D, Daniš J, Gabal R,K rištúfková A, Nižňanská Z, Korbeľ MMorbidly adherent placenta as a cause of peripartum hysterectomy in the Slovak Republic in the years 2012-2020. Ceska Gynekol. 2023;88(5):321-327. doi: 10.48095/cccg2023321.PMID: 37932048

5

Chimwaza Y, Hunt A, Oliveira-Ciabati L, Bonnett L, Abalos E, Cuesta C, Souza JP, Bonet M, Brizuela V, Lissauer D; World Health Organization Global Maternal Sepsis Study Research Group: Early warning systems for identifying severe maternal outcomes: findings from the WHO global maternal sepsis study..EClinicalMedicine. 2024 Dec 6;79:102981. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2024.102981. eCollection 2025 Jan.PMID: 39720608

VI.3 - The most significant research/artistic/other outputs over the last six years
1

Diguisto C, Saucedo M, Kallianidis A, Bloemenkamp K, Bødker B, Buoncristiano M, Donati S, Gissler M, Johansen M, Knight M, Korbel M, Kristufkova A, Nyflot LT, Deneux-Tharaux C: Maternal mortality in eight European countries with enhanced surveillance systems: descriptive population based study..BMJ. 2022 Nov 16;379:e070621. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2022-070621.PMID: 36384872

2

Fitzpatrick KE, van den Akker T, Bloemenkamp KWM, Deneux-Tharaux C, Kristufkova A, Li Z, Schaap TP, Sullivan EA, Tuffnell D, Knight M: Risk factors, management, and outcomes of amniotic fluid embolism: A multicountry, population-based cohort and nested case-control study..PLoS Med. 2019 Nov 12;16(11):e1002962. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002962. eCollection 2019 Nov.PMID: 31714909

3

Kallianidis AF, Maraschini A, Danis J, Colmorn LB, Deneux-Tharaux C, Donati S, Gissler M, Jakobsson M, Knight M, Kristufkova A, Lindqvist PG, Vandenberghe G, van den Akker T; INOSS (the International Network of Obstetric Survey Systems): Management of major obstetric hemorrhage prior to peripartum hysterectomy and outcomes across nine European countries..Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 2021 Jul;100(7):1345-1354. doi: 10.1111/aogs.14113. Epub 2021 Mar 14.PMID: 33719032

4

Baguiya A, Bonet M, Cecatti JG, Brizuela V, Curteanu A, Minkauskiene M, Jayaratne K, Ribeiro-do-Valle CC, Budianu MA, Souza JP, Kouanda S; WHO Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) Research Group; GLOSS research group.Perinatal outcomes among births to women with infection during pregnancy. Arch Dis Child. 2021 Oct;106(10):946-953. doi: 10.1136/archdischild-2021-321865. Epub 2021 Sep 2.PMID: 34475107

5

Kallianidis AF, Velebil P, Alexander S, Kristufkova A, Savona-Ventura C, Mahmood T, Mukhopadhyay S; European Board, College of Obstetrics, Gynaecology EBCOG:European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology position statement on maternal mortality surveillance in Europe..Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2024 Aug;299:345-349. doi: 10.1016/j.ejogrb.2024.05.022. Epub 2024 May 21.PMID: 38797618

VI.4 - The most significant citations corresponding to the research/artistic/other outputs
1

Fitzpatrick KE, van den Akker T, Bloemenkamp KWM, Deneux-Tharaux C, Krištúfková A, Li Z, Schaap TP, Sullivan EA, Tuffnell D, Knight M: Risk factors, management, and outcomes of amniotic fluid embolism: A multicountry, population-based cohort and nested case-control study, PLOS medicine, Vol 16, Nr. 11 (2019), p. 1-24, CITATION: Combs, C.A., Montgomery, D.M., Toner, L.E., Dildy, G.A.: Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Special Statement: Checklist for initial management of amniotic fluid embolism, 2021, American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology , 2021, 224 (4), B29-B32 (IF=5,226)

2

Krištúfková A, Pinto Da Costa M, Mintziori C, Vásquez JL, Aabakke AJM, Fode M: Sexual health during postgraduate training - European SurveyAcross Medical Specialties, Sexual Medicine, Vol. 6, Nr. 3 (2018), p. 255-262, CITATION: Jannini, E.A., Reisman, Y. : Medicine Without Sexual Medicine Is Not Medicine: An MJCSM and ESSM Petition on Sexual Health to the Political and University Authorities, Journal of Sexual Medicine , 2019, 16(6), pp. 943-945

3

Kallianidis A, Maraschini A, Daniš J, Colmorn LB, Deneux-Tharaux C, Donati S, Gissler M, Jakobsson M, Knight M, Krištúfková A, Lindqvist PG, Vandenberghe G, van den Akker T: Epidemiological analysis of peripartum hysterectomy across nine Europeancountries, Acta obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 99, Nr. 10 (2020), p. 1364-1373, CITATION: Ornaghi, S., Maraschini, A., Donati, S. et al: Characteristics and outcomes of pregnant women with placenta accreta spectrum in Italy: A prospective population-based cohort study, 2021, PLoS ONE , 16( 6),e0252654

4

Kallianidis A, Maraschini A, Daniš J, Colmorn LB, Deneux-Tharaux C, Donati S, Gissler M, Jakobsson M, Knight M, Krištúfková A, Lindqvist PG, Vandenberghe G, van den Akker T: Epidemiological analysis of peripartum hysterectomy across nine Europeancountries, Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, Vol. 99, Nr. 10 (2020), p. 1364-1373, CITATION: Donati, S., Buoncristiano, M., Lega, I., Daloja, P., Maraschini, A. :The italian obstetric surveillance system: Implementation of a bundle of populationbased initiatives to reduce haemorrhagic maternal deaths, 2021, PLoS ONE 16(4 April),e0250373

5

Kristufkova A, Borovsky M, Korbel M, Knight M.: Amniotic fluid embolism-investigation of fatal cases inSlovakia in the years 2005-2010 compared with fatal cases in the United Kingdom. Biomed Pap 2014Sep;158(3), p. 397-403, CITATION: Benson MD: Amniotic fluid embolism mortality rate, Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Research , 2017, 43 (11), p: 1714 - 1718

VI.5 - Participation in conducting (leading) the most important research projects or art projects over the last six years
1

ESET Foundation, year 2021, project: COVID-19 Pregnancy and Maternal outcome (COVID-19 PreMatOut), part of the international project CONSIGN

2

Grant VEGA, years 2019-2022, title: Connections between endocrine and psychical characteristic of women in reproductive age, Nr. 2/0022/19 2019-2022

3

Grant VEGA, years 2015-2018, title: Clinical significance of the relation between aldosteron and depression and concerned regulatory mechanisms, Nr. 2/0057/15 2015-2018

4

Nadácia Tatra banky, rok 2018, Gynekológia a pôrodníctvo - výučba trochu inak, č.2018vs091 / Tatra banka foundation, year 2018, Gynaecology and obstetrics - a little different education/training, Nr. 2018vs091

5

WHO – Global Maternal Sepsis Study (GLOSS) national coordinator for Slovakia year of realisation 2017

VII. - Overview of organizational experience related to higher education and research/artistic/other activities

VII.a - Activity, position VII.b - Name of the institution, board VII.c - Duration
European accredation comission fo obstetrics and gynaecology - visitor on behalf of ENTOG (The European Network of trainees in Obstetrica and Gynaecology) The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG visiting and accreditation system) 2013 - 2017
European accredation comission fo obstetrics and gynaecology - visitor on behalf of EBCOG (The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology) The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (EBCOG visiting and accreditation system) 2017 - until now
Member of the editorial board Slovak obstetrics and gynaecology journal 2020 - doteraz
EBCOG Executive member - eastern region The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology 2022 - 2025

VIII. - Overview of international mobilities and visits oriented on education and research/artistic/other activities in the given field of study

VIII.a - Name of the institution VIII.b - Address of the institution VIII.c - Duration (indicate the duration of stay) VIII.d - Mobility scheme, employment contract, other (describe)
National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Oxford, The United Kingdom Nuffield Department if Population Health, University of Oxford, Old Road Campus, OX3 7LF Oxford 9/2012 - 12/2012 Erasmus grant
Institute for mother and child care Podolské nábřeží 157, 147 00 Praha 4 - Podolí 1.4.2016 - 15.4.2016 Bilateral contract between the departments

IX. - Other relevant facts

IX.a - If relevant, other activities related to higher education or research/artistic/other activities are mentioned

2013 – 2017 : The European Network of trainees of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (ENTOG)

2013 – 2015 Executive Member / 2015 – 2017 Secretary General)

2018 - untill now: The European Board and College of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - council member (on behalf of Slovakia)

2018 - untill now: Slovak Society of Obstetrics and Gynaecology - executive member

2012 - untill now: The Internatiol Network of Obstetrics Surveillance Systems (INOSS) - collaboration

2017 - 2023: Member of the scientific working group of Ministry of Health for the creation of National guidelines in the field of obstetris and gynaecology

2014 - Participation at the creation of National regulation of Ministry of Health for prevention, diagnosis and treatment of peripartum haemorrhage, Bulletin of Ministry of Health SR 2014, volume 62, Nr. 35-36, published on 23rd of October 2014

Date of last update
2025-04-14