Study 03 · Research Square · Preprint
Infectious presentations and concordance
How dispatch suspicion, on-scene phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage align in infectious presentations.
How dispatch suspicion, on-scene phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage align in infectious presentations.
Retrospective machine-learning study comparing dispatch suspicion of infection, the on-scene symptom phenotype and high-risk time-sensitive triage.
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.
Interpretation boundaries
This preprint has not completed journal peer review. Observational associations do not establish causal effects or operational thresholds.