Gurd's Criteria For Fat Embolism Poem by Daya Nandan

Gurds criteria is handy for diagnosing fat embolism,
When trauma causes large fat droplets enter the circulation,
Fractures to long bones and the pelvis are often the cause,
Also burn injuries that destroy healthy skin that once was,

There are three major criteria that we have to look for in a flash,
Cerebral involvement, respiratory insufficiency and petechial rash,
There are minor criteria like tachycardia, retinal and renal signs,
Findings like fever and jaundice to help connect the dotted lines,

We need one major and three minor criteria fulfil Gurd's criteria,
So we can diagnose fat embolism faster than sprinters in Nigeria,
Note lab findings like sudden thrombocytopaenia and hypercapnia,
Findings like fat macroglobulinemia as well as hypoxemia,

Decreased hematocrit, a sudden fall in haemoglobin concentration,
As well as a high rate of erythrocyte sedimentation,
These are some of the important lab findings to make a diagnosis,
To diagnose fat embolism faster for a much better prognosis!