@article{vitaltraceprotocolconstrainedpatientstat, title = {Vital Trace: Protocol-Constrained Patient-State Reasoning for Longitudinal Clinical Trajectories}, author = {Zhan Qu and Michael Färber}, year = {2026}, eprint = {2602.12833}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.12833}, }