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Table 4 Triage model simulations for validation cohort

From: Development of a triage protocol for patients presenting with gastrointestinal hemorrhage: a prospective cohort study

 

Number

Complication, number (percentage)

No complication, number (percentage)

Usual practice

   

   Admitted to critical care

76

16 (21)

60 (79)

   Admitted to floor

56

6 (11)

50 (89)

Any BLEED criteria

   

   Admit to critical care

84

17 (20)

67 (80)

   Admit to floor

46

5 (11)

41 (89)

Red blood or unstable comorbidity

   

   Admit to critical care

66

16 (24)

50 (76)

   Admit to floor

66

6 (9)

60 (91)

  1. BLEED is an acronym for ongoing Bleeding in the emergency department (red blood per nasogastric tube, hematochezia, or red blood per rectum), Low systolic blood pressure, Elevated prothrombin time, Erratic mental status, and unstable comorbid Disease.
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