Cyanotic congenital heart disease – Not always blue to provide a clue: Time to replace cyanosis with arterial desaturation!
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DOI: 10.4103/apc.apc_226_21
Abstract: Despite right-to-left shunt, not all patients with so-called cyanotic congenital heart disease (CHD) are cyanosed at all times. Moreover, despite undisputed clinical utility, cyanosis is unreliable for the detection of arterial desaturation. Pulse oximetry, on… read more here.
Keywords: heart disease; congenital heart; cyanosis; cyanotic congenital ... See more keywords