Table 3.
Clinical Observations | ||
Cerebral palsy | Hypertonic hemi-or quadriplegia | 25 |
Signs indicative of evolving CP | 7 | |
Athetotic CP | 3 | |
Other neurological problems | ||
Global developmental delay | 9 | |
Motor developmental delay | 15 | |
Perceived learning difficulty | 64 | |
Deafness | 7 | |
Gross visual impairment | 3 |
Past History available on 74 children | ||
Positive neonatal history | Prolonged labour | 10 |
Small size at birth | 11 | |
Symptoms suggestive of hypoxic ischaemic brain damage |
10 | |
Miscellaneous neonatal problems | 7 | |
Neonatal jaundice? kernicterus | 3 | |
Description of severe illness at time of first seizure | ||
Coma accompanying measles, malaria or meningitis |
11 | |
Pneumonia or other severe febrile illness |
15 | |
Oedematous malnutrition | 2 | |
Possible adverse reaction to immunization |
1 |