About this trial
This retrospective diagnostic accuracy study evaluates the ability of two large language models (LLMs) - GPT-4o (gpt-4o-2024-11-20; OpenAI) and Claude 4.6 Sonnet (claude-sonnet-4-6; Anthropic) - to generate correct diagnoses from anonymized Turkish-language emergency department (ED) anamnesis notes, and compares their performance with the diagnosis entered by the treating emergency physician. A consensus gold standard is established by three independent board-certified emergency medicine specialists who blindly review each note and vote on the primary diagnosis using ICD-10 three-character codes; the majority vote (at least 2 of 3 specialists agreeing) constitutes the reference standard. Both LLMs are evaluated using a standardized zero-shot direct prompting strategy (temperature=0, stateless API sessions). The primary outcome is diagnostic accuracy (proportion of ICD-10 chapter-level matches) and Cohen's kappa for each LLM against the gold standard. Secondary outcomes include top-3 accuracy, treating physician accuracy, inter-model agreement, and subgroup analyses by ESI triage level and ICD-10 chapter. Inter-rater reliability among the three specialists is quantified using Fleiss' kappa. Analyses are performed in Jamovi. This study represents the first evaluation of LLM diagnostic accuracy using Turkish-language clinical notes and the first to benchmark LLM performance against an independent three-specialist majority-vote gold standard rather than against the treating physician's own diagnosis.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Adult patients (aged 18 years and older) presenting to the emergency department.
Complete electronic health record available in the hospital information system (HBYS) containing a detailed anamnesis note with chief complaint, symptom duration, associated symptoms, and relevant medical history.
A definitive primary diagnosis recorded by the treating emergency physician using ICD-10 codes at the time of patient file closure.
Disqualifiers
Emergency department anamnesis notes containing fewer than 50 words or completely lacking substantive clinical content[cite: 1].
Pediatric cases (age under 18 years)[cite: 1].
Patients critically ill and triaged to high-acuity resuscitation areas (Emergency Severity Index [ESI] level 1)[cite: 1].
Clinical notes containing residual identifying information that cannot be fully de-identified, preventing compliance with data privacy regulations[cite: 1].
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
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