title: Differential cyanosis and undiagnosed eisenmenger's syndrome: The importance of pulse oximetry.
abstract: Eisenmenger's physiology has significant anesthetic implications. The symptamology, in the early course of disease can be subtle at times and missed on regular PAC. Pulse oximetry, in our patient detected differential saturations. The possibility of underlying congenital cardiac illness was assumed, rescheduling of case was debated and finally the abnormal cardiac lesions were identified in ECHO in immediate postoperative period.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ashima
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Sujay Kumar
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Parasa
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Kiran Kumar
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Gudivada
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Ramachandran
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gopinath
keywords: Cleft lip-palate; congenital heart disease; differential cyanosis; eisenmenger