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Potencijalna korist meteoroloĆĄkih informacija u prometu
U uvodu se ukazuje na ulogu i znaÄaj meteoroloĆĄke sluĆŸbe u valorizaciji prometa Republike Hrvatske. U drugom poglavlju daju se ciljevi i nabrajaju korisnici meteoroloĆĄkih informacija u prometu, objaĆĄnjava priroda korisniÄkih zahtjeva i njihova identifikacija, vrste i sadrĆŸaj meteoroloĆĄkih informacija, odnos korisnika prema ovim informacijama, te naÄini ostvarenja potencijalnih koristi u prometu. U treÄem poglavlju obrazlaĆŸe se potreba upoznavanja meteorologa
s djelatnostima korisnika informacija te osposobljavanje korisnika, i svih onih koji po prirodi posla dolaze u dodir s meteoroloĆĄkim informacijama na putu od meteorologa do korisnika, kako
bi se one optimalno koristile. U Äetvrtom poglavlju prikazan je sastav simulacijskog modela za istraĆŸivanje i primjenu potencijalnih koristi meteoroloĆĄkih informacija u prometu, te se ukratko opisuje metodologija za njihovo efikasno koriĆĄtenje od strane korisnika primjenom cost/benefit analize na jednostavnom primjeru
Risk factors for cerebral palsy and movement difficulties in 5-year-old children born extremely preterm
Background
Motor impairment is common after extremely preterm (EPT,
Methods
Data come from a European population-based cohort of children born EPT in 2011â2012 in 11 countries. We used multinomial logistic regression to assess risk factors for CP and non-CP MD (Movement Assessment Battery for Children â 2nd edition â€5th percentile) compared to no MD (>15th percentile) among 5-year-old children.
Results
Compared to children without MD (nâ=â366), young maternal age, male sex and bronchopulmonary dysplasia were similarly associated with CP (nâ=â100) and non-CP MD (nâ=â224) with relative risk ratios (RRR) ranging from 2.3 to 3.6. CP was strongly related to severe brain lesions (RRR >10), other neonatal morbidities, congenital anomalies and low Apgar score (RRR: 2.4â3.3), while non-CP MD was associated with primiparity, maternal education, small for GA (RRR: 1.6â2.6) and severe brain lesions, but at a much lower order of magnitude.
Conclusion
CP and non-CP MD have different risk factor profiles, with fewer clinical but more sociodemographic risk factors for non-CP MD.
Impact
Young maternal age, male sex and bronchopulmonary dysplasia similarly increased risks of both cerebral palsy and non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties.
Cerebral palsy was strongly related to clinical risk factors including severe brain lesions and other neonatal morbidities, while non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties were more associated with sociodemographic risk factors.
These results on the similarities and differences in risk profiles of children with cerebral palsy and non-cerebral palsy movement difficulties raise questions for etiological research and provide a basis for improving the identification of children who may benefit from follow-up and early intervention.</p
Cohort profile: Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) very preterm birth cohort.
The Effective Perinatal Intensive Care in Europe (EPICE) cohort includes all births between 22â+â0 and 31â+â6âweeks of gestation in 2011/12 in 19 regions in 11 European countries. This cohort was set up to investigate the use of evidence-based interventions for prenatal and postnatal care of infants born very preterm (VPT) and to explore the associations between evidence-based care and their health and developmental outcomes. The first phase, âEffective perinatal intensive care in Europeâ (EPICE) focused on obstetric and neonatal care before and around the time of birth and during the neonatal hospitalization period, with follow-up at 2 years of corrected age (CA), while a second phase, âScreening for Health in Infants born very Pretermâ (SHIPS), assessed follow-up care provided in the first 5 years of life and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 5 years of age