Re: [RE: OB. Second twin (was: BREECH PRESENTATION...)]

From: Malcolm Griffiths (Malcolm@MGRIFF22.demon.co.uk)
Sun Dec 6 14:02:17 1998


In message <19981205134518.11576.qmail@http://www0m.netaddress.usa.net>, Jan Siebold <jan1343@netscape.net> writes >ob-gyn-l@talk.obgyn.net wrote:
>> Bernard,
>
>> Where's your data on 2nd twins having >50% incidence of CP?
>
>> Dan
>
>There being no way to politely say this, I will just say this is a bunch of
>crap! Being a second twin, vaginal delivery, with an IQ of well over 180, and
>having delivered literally hundreds of second twins vaginally, I know of no
>second twins with CP. Jan

I just knew there'd be one!

How reliable are IQ measurements at this end of the scale!

Seem to recall (from when I passed my MENSA test) that rather less than 1% of the poipulation had an IQ of 150. Assuming a normal distribution "well over 180" must be several standard deviations from the mean. Say ~ 0.00001% ? Malcolm Griffiths MD,MRCOG,MFFP,Cert.Mgmnt Obstetrician & Gynaecologist Luton & Dunstable Hosp.,UK. Tel: 01582-497459 (office) Fax: 01582-497376 01525-222849 (home) email: Malcolm@mgriff22.demon.co.uk http://www.obgyn.net/board/griffith.htm "CLINICAL FREEDOM IS THE LAST REFUGE OF THE CLINICALLY INCOMPETENT!" (Someone [1997])





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