Table 4.
Triage model simulations for validation cohort
| 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) |
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.