The parent of a 1-year-old child with tetralogy of Fallot asks the nurse, "Why do my child's fingertips look like that?" The nurse bases a response on the understanding that clubbing occurs as a result of:
A) Untreated congestive heart failure
B) A left-to-right shunting of blood
C) Decreased cardiac output
D) Chronic hypoxia
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