Diagnostic utility of appetite loss in addition to existing prediction models for community-acquired pneumonia in the elderly: a prospective diagnostic study in acute care hospitals in Japan.
Toshihiko TakadaYosuke YamamotoKazuhiko TeradaMitsuyasu OhtaWakako MikamiHajime YokotaMichio HayashiJun MiyashitaTeruhisa AzumaShingo FukumaShunichi FukuharaPublished in: BMJ open (2017)
Information on appetite loss improved the performance of an existing model for the diagnosis of CAP in the elderly.