A child with a PDA (patent ductus arteriosus) would most likely present with which finding?
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Correct answer: Bounding pulses and a “machinery” murmur
A PDA causes continuous machinery-type murmur and bounding peripheral pulses because of left-to-right shunt and increased systemic flow returning to lungs/left heart.
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