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Books & publications

Two books,
two audiences.

One for doctors and midwives, the other for women planning a pregnancy, expecting, or recently delivered. Both were published by A-medi management.

Books

Obstetrics
For professionals

Obstetrics

“In 2022, together with 85 leading specialists from Slovakia and Czechia, I published the first complete obstetrics textbook of the independent Slovak Republic.”

Záhumenský J. a kolektív · A-medi management, Bratislava · 2022
1 248 strán · tvrdá väzba · ISBN 978-80-89797-72-1

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Obstetrics for Everyone
For everyone

Obstetrics for Everyone

Clear, plain answers to the questions of pregnancy, birth and the weeks after — from planning and lifestyle through embryonic and fetal development to the hormonal changes of gestation. For pregnant women, their partners and their families.

Prof. MUDr. Jozef Záhumenský, PhD., MPH · A-medi management, Bratislava · 2023
256 strán · tvrdá väzba · ISBN 978-80-69053-02-1

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In preparation

A gynaecology textbook

"I am currently writing a gynaecology textbook." — after Pôrodníctvo (2022), the only complete obstetrics textbook in Slovakia, the author is preparing a second academic volume.

Publications

Key publications

A selection of peer-reviewed work — devoted above all to monitoring and raising the quality of maternity care.

  1. 1

    Impact of implementing a multifaceted intervention to reduce rates of cesarean section: A quality-improvement study.

    Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2020 Nov;151(2):244-248.

    Zahumensky J, Psenkova P, Dolezal P et al.

  2. 2

    Evaluation of cesarean delivery rates at three university hospital labor units using the Robson classification system.

    Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2019 Jul;146(1):118-125.

    Zahumensky J, Psenkova P, Nemethova B et al.

  3. 3

    Mode of birth in nulliparous term singleton pregnancies in vertex presentation before and after implementation of an evidence-based intervention.

    J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med. 2025 Dec;38(1):2443968.

    Psenkova P, Veliskova M, Dzubinska D et al.

  4. 4

    Application of a specific clinical pathway can affect the choice of trial of labor in patients with a history of cesarean delivery.

    BMC Pregnancy Childbirth. 2024 Apr 19;24(1):292.

    Psenkova P, Tedla M, Minarcinova L, Zahumensky J.

  5. 5

    Impact of introducing specific measures to reduce the frequency of cesarean delivery for non-obstetric indications.

    Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2018 Jul;142(1):23-27.

    Psenkova P, Bucko M, Braticak M et al.

  6. 6

    Synthetic osmotic dilators in the induction of labour — An international multicentre observational study.

    Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2018 Oct;229:70-75.

    Gupta J, Chodankar R, Baev O et al.

  7. 7

    Covert postpartum urinary retention: causes and consequences (PAREZ study).

    Int Urogynecol J. 2022 Aug;33(8):2307-2314.

    Dolezal P, Ostatnikova M, Balazovjechova B et al.

  8. 8

    Religion Affects Future Female Doctors' Approach to HPV Vaccination in Czech and Slovak Republics.

    J Cancer Educ. 2021 Aug;36(4):880-891.

    Zahumensky J, Psenkova P, Melnikova L et al.

  9. 9

    Comparison of opinions of Slovak and Czech female medical students on HPV vaccination.

    Cent Eur J Public Health. 2020 Sep;28(3):178-186.

    Záhumenský J, Pšenková P, Nadzámová A et al.

  10. 10

    Mitochondria-induced formation of neutrophil extracellular traps is enhanced in the elderly via Toll-like receptor 9.

    J Leukoc Biol. 2023 Nov 24;114(6):651-665

    Pastorek M, Konečná B, Janko J et al.

  11. 11

    Functional Morphology of the Human Uterine Tubes in the 21st Century: Anatomical Novelties and Their Possible Clinical Applications.

    Physiol Res. 2022 Dec 27;71(Suppl 1):S151-S159.

    Varga I, Csöbönyeiová M, Visnyaiová K et al.

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Clinic

Každý utorok 9.00 – 13.00, poliklinika nemocnice Ružinov, dvere č. 55.
Objednávky telefonicky na +421 2 48234 761.

Address

II. gynekologicko-pôrodníckaklinika LF UK a UNBFakultná nemocnica RužinovRužinovská 6, 821 06 Bratislava

Phone

02 / 48 234 349

E-mail

konzultacie@zahumensky.eu