A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Nonthrombotic Embolic Stroke of Tissue Origin

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:11.31em"/><col style="width:14.65em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Major criteria</td><td class="align_center">Minor criteria</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Petechiae in vest distribution</td><td class="align_center">Tachycardia (HR &gt;110 bpm)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Hypoxaemia (PaO2 &lt;60 mmHg)</td><td class="align_center">Pyrexia (&gt;38.5 C)</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Central Nervous System Depression</td><td class="align_center">Emboli visible in retinal vessels</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="4">Pulmonary Oedema</td><td class="align_center">Fat in urine</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Fat in sputum</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Unexplained drop in hematocrit or platelet count</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center">Increasing ESR</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Gurd and Wilson criteria for diagnosis of fat embolism. </div>

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Table 1: A Systematic Review of the Causes and Management of Nonthrombotic Embolic Stroke of Tissue Origin 