Fat Embolism Syndrome in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Patients: Early Recognition and Aggressive Therapy

Table 1

Gurd’s criteria to diagnose fat embolism syndrome.

	CASE 1	CASE 2
MAJOR CRITERIA
Petechial Rash	Yes	No
Respiratory Insufficiency	Yes	Yes
Cerebral Involvement	Yes	Yes
MINOR CRITERIA
Tachycardia	Yes	Yes
Pyrexia	Yes	Yes
Retinal changes: fat or petechiae	Yes	No
Jaundice	No	No
Renal: anuria/oliguria or lipiduria	No	No
Sudden fall in hemoglobin concentration	Yes	Yes
Sudden Thrombocytopenia	No	No
High erythrocyte sedimentation Rate	Yes	Yes
Fat macroglobulinemia	No	N/A