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Table 5 Symptoms with a 2nd-line/1st-line ratio > 2

From: Emergency physician’s dispatch by a paramedic-staffed emergency medical communication centre: sensitivity, specificity and search for a reference standard

Symptoms

Ratio 2nd line / 1st line

Prev.

1st line

Prev.

2nd line

Social hospitalization

0.00%

2.34%

Alcoholic intoxication

12.00

0.22%

2.62%

Confusion / hallucination

10.78

0.54%

5.77%

Anxiety / depression

7.83

0.51%

4.01%

Unspecified malaise

5.55

0.67%

3.74%

Syncope / lipothymia

4.00

0.85%

3.41%

Back pain

3.33

0.21%

0.70%

Kidney pain

3.00

0.19%

0.58%

Pain / oedema of a limb

3.00

0.28%

0.85%

Genital or urinary involvement

2.50

0.19%

0.48%

Panic attack / suicidal ideation

2.28

2.13%

4.85%

Stroke (or suspicion)

2.06

1.31%

2.69%