Table 2.
Examples of chief complaints and their corresponding top-5 predictions
| Chief complaint | Top-5 predictions | |
|---|---|---|
| Correctly classified at second prediction | “right third finger injured in door” | FINGER INJURY, HAND PAIN, HAND INJURY, FINGER PAIN, EXTREMITY LACERATION |
| “pt comes to er with cc piece of plastic stuck to back of left ear from earing” | FOREIGN BODY IN EAR, EAR PROBLEM, EAR PAIN, OTALGIA, FOREIGN BODY | |
| “vomiting for days, increasing yesterday. pos home preg test on Saturday” | EMESIS, EMESIS DURING PREGNANCY, NAUSEA, ABDOMINAL PAIN PREGNANT, GI PROBLEM | |
| “both eyes swollen & itchy & tearing after his nap” | EYE SWELLING, EYE PROBLEM, EYE REDNESS, EYE PAIN, CONJUNCTIVITIS | |
| “fall at 0300 today, rt side weakness” | FALL, FALL>65, ALTERED MENTAL STATUS, NEUROLOGIC PROBLEM, WEAKNESS | |
| Correctly classified at fifth prediction | “Felt like heart was pounding history of CABG. missed metoprolol for about 3 days.” | PALPITATIONS, RAPID HEART RATE, TACHYCARDIA, IRREGULAR HEART BEAT, CHEST PAIN |
| “2 weeks of sore throat, aches, dry cough. Denies intervention.” | SORE THROAT, COLD LIKE SYMPTOMS, URI, COUGH, FLU-LIKE SYMPTOMS | |
| “fall down 5 stairs lace to right eyebrow” | FALL, FACIAL LACERATION, LACERATION, FALL>65, HEAD LACERATION | |
| “fever to 101, diarrhea, vomiting” | FEVER-9 WEEKS TO 74 YEARS, FEVER, EMESIS, ABDOMINAL PAIN, FEVER-8 WEEKS OR LESS | |
| “blister on back of foot.” | BLISTER, FOOT PAIN, FOOT INJURY, FOOT SWELLING, SKIN PROBLEM |