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).