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Congenital Heart Disease
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Question
How knee chest positioning helps in managing cyanotic spell in TOF? What is the developmental anomaly of heart in TOF?
Answer
Children with TOF typically are born with 4 abnormalities of the heart:

Obstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract
Ventricular septal defect-VSD
Enlargement of the right ventricle
Over-riding of the ventricular septum by the aorta
Knee-to-chest position is advised in a cyanotic spell to increase peripheral vascular resistance. This reduces the right-to-left shunting at the VSD, resulting in diminished pulmonary blood flow.


 
 
 
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