[Pelvic venous congestion syndrome - diagnosis and management. Guidelines of the angiology section of slovak medical chamber (2015)].

Pelvic congestion syndrome: chronic symptoms, which may include pelvic pain, perineal heaviness, urgency of micturition, and post-coital pain, caused by ovarian and/or pelvic vein reflux and/or obstruction, and which may be associated with vulvar, perineal, and/or lower extremity varices. The VEIN-TERM consensus document was developed by a transatlantic interdisciplinary faculty of experts under the auspices of the American Venous Forum (AVF), the European Venous Forum (EVF), the International Union of Phlebology (IUP), the American College of Phlebology (ACP), and the International Union of Angiology (IUA). It provides recommendations for fundamental venous terminology.

[Screening for hemolytic streptococcus group B in pregnancy and prevention of infection in neonates].

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate the influence of Group B streptococcus (GBS) screening and intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis to the incidence of GBS disease in newborns.

Design: Prospective non-randomised study.

Setting: IInd Clinic of Obstetric and Gynaecology LFUK and FNsP Ruzinov, Bratislava, Slovakia.