Birth problems score

Birth problems score Type of delivery, admission to a special care baby unit, duration of hospital stay. 

The examination of individual NP case studies by other investigators, as well as summary results of our pilot research, suggest at least two clinically distinct populations. One subsample of PCP abusers has a developmental history of prenatal and birth complications, e.g., prematurity, anoxia at birth, or low APGAR scores, and of early childhood factors, e.g., CHI with loss of consciousness, febrile illnesses with or without convulsions, or chronic ear infections. These histories contribute to developmental learning and performance disorders. In this group, LD causes academic failure and frustrations, which in turn contribute to the development of psychological and interpersonal problems. 

Mirex levels in the blood of pregnant women in Jackson, Mississippi, and the Mississippi Delta area where mirex was extensively used were correlated with the health of the infants they bore. The mean mirex level in maternal blood was 0.54 pg/L (ppb) for 106 samples however, mirex levels in the blood of the infants were not correlated with differences in gestation times, Apgar score, or other problems at birth. Only three children with neurological problems had mothers with pesticide levels, including mirex, above the mean levels (Lloyd et al. 1974). 

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