TABLE 1.
Admission criteria for ED‐related medical stabilization
Can include any one of the following criteria: |
Weight <75% of median BMI |
Emergency room physicians may use clinical calculator in the electronic medical record as a screening tool to determine if patient meets inpatient criteria |
Registered Dietitian (RD) and Hospitalists should use the following formula during their assessment, as supported by medical literature: |
Median BMI = 50% BMI for exact age and height at presentation on the CDC BMI‐for‐age percentiles chart |
Continued weight loss despite “intensive” outpatient therapy |
Acute weight decline and refusal of food |
Hypothermia (<96 F) |
Hypotension (SBP <90) |
Bradycardia (resting HR <50 bpm while awake and <45 bpm while asleep) |
Orthostatic changes in BP >10 mm Hg |
Orthostatic changes in HR >20 bpm |
Electrolyte abnormalities |
Arrhythmia |
Note: Adapted from Golden et al. (2015).