title: Neonatal duodenal obstruction with emphasis on cases with Down's syndrome.
abstract: In the past 31 years, 47 cases of duodenal obstruction were admitted to the Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children. Thirty-six per cent of these had Down's syndrome. The crude mortality was 48% but this figure was reduced to 33% in the last five years of the study. The combination of duodenal obstruction, Down's syndrome and any other abnormality carried an 89% risk of mortality.
mesh_terms: D004314:Down Syndrome / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D004380:Duodenal Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000151:congenital / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007409:Intestinal Atresia / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies