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Pediatrics All India exam 6901fb5f

A patient of moderate VSD in chronic CCF develops clubbing with no cyanosis. Diagnosis is

A
Shunt reversal
B
Long standing pulmonary edema
C
SABE
D
Pulmonary aery hypeension
High-Yield Explanation
SHUNT REVERSAL / EISENMENGER SYNDROME: Refers to patients with the septal defect in which blood is shunted paially or completely from right to left as a result of the development of pulmonary vascular disease resulting in apparent cyanosis.Long-standing pulmonary edema is characterized by cyanosis, dyspnea.New onset clubbing without cyanosis in a patient with congenital hea defects indicates the development of SABE .Pulmonary aerial hypeension commonly occurs in large non-restrictive VSD and is unlikely in moderate VSD.

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