Table 4.
Computer-identified gastrointestinal bleeding-related hospitalizations that were clinically confirmed: concordance between computer-assigned and clinically adjudicated specific gastrointestinal bleeding sites.
| Computer-assigned bleeding site | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upper gastrointestinal |
Lower gastrointestinal |
Gastrointestinal, not specified |
All gastrointestinal sites |
|
| N (%) | ||||
| All clinically confirmed bleeding |
44 (100.0) | 39 (100.0) | 20 (100.0) | 103 (100.0) |
| Specific gastrointestinal site identified in medical record |
38 (86.4) | 34 (87.2) | 7 (35.0) | 79 (76.7) |
| Upper gastrointestinal | 34 (89.5) | 3 (8.8) | 2 (28.6) | 39 (37.9) |
| Lower gastrointestinal | 4 (10.5) | 31 (91.2) | 5 (71.4) | 40 (38.8) |
| Specific gastrointestinal site not identified in medical record |
6 (13.6) | 5 (12.8) | 12 (60.0) | 23 (22.3) |
| Not gastrointestinal site according to medical record |
0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (5.0) | 1 (1.0) |