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Preprint · not peer reviewedInfectious presentations and concordance
How dispatch suspicion, on-scene phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage align in infectious presentations.
The three information layers did not represent the same clinical construct; concordance changed depending on where in the care pathway infection and urgency were assessed.
- Research question
- How dispatch suspicion, on-scene phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage align in infectious presentations.
- Study population
- Prehospital infectious presentations · 2017–2022 · Stockholm, Sweden
- Method
- Retrospective machine-learning study comparing dispatch suspicion of infection, the on-scene symptom phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage.
- Key findings
- The three information layers did not represent the same clinical construct; concordance changed depending on where in the care pathway infection and urgency were assessed.
- Operational relevance
- Dispatch labels should not be treated as definitive clinical truth. Reassessment and explicit interpretation boundaries matter when data are used for allocation or evaluation.
This preprint has not completed journal peer review. Observational associations do not establish causal effects or operational thresholds.
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Concordance Between Dispatch Suspicion, On-Scene Phenotype, and Time Sensitive Triage in Prehospital Infectious Presentations: A Retrospective Machine-Learning Study
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Research provenance
- Publication status
- Preprint · not peer reviewed
- Research question
- How dispatch suspicion, on-scene phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage align in infectious presentations.
- Study population
- Prehospital infectious presentations
- Setting
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Study period
- 2017–2022
- Method
- Retrospective machine-learning study comparing dispatch suspicion of infection, the on-scene symptom phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage.
- Interpretation boundaries
- This preprint has not completed journal peer review. Observational associations do not establish causal effects or operational thresholds.
- Cite this research
- Hill P, Jonsson D, Lederman J, Bolin P, Vicente V. Concordance Between Dispatch Suspicion, On-Scene Phenotype, and Time Sensitive Triage in Prehospital Infectious Presentations: A Retrospective Machine-Learning Study. Research Square. 2026. doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-7651316/v1