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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 4.
Published in final edited form as: Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016 Oct 20;64(3):10.1002/pbc.26273. doi: 10.1002/pbc.26273

TABLE 1.

Diagnostic criteria for engraftment syndrome

Major criteria Temperature ≥ 38.3 °C with no identifiable infectious etiology
Erythrodermatous rash involving > 25% of body surface area and not attributable to a medication
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema, manifested by diffuse pulmonary infiltrates consistent with this diagnosis, and hypoxia
Minor criteria Hepatic dysfunction with either bilirubin ≥ 2 mg/dL or transaminase levels ≥ 2 times normal
Renal insufficiency (serum creatinine) ≥ 2 times baseline
Weight gain ≥ 2.5% of baseline body weight
Transient encephalopathy unexplainable by other causes

Diagnosis: all three major criteria or two major criteria and one or more minor criterion, within 96 hours of engraftment.