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

OBJECTIVE: Diagnosis of community-acquired pneumonia (CAP) in the elderly is often delayed because of atypical presentation and non-specific symptoms, such as appetite loss, falls and disturbance in consciousness. The aim of this study was to investigate the external validity of existing prediction...

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Autores principales: Takada, Toshihiko, Yamamoto, Yosuke, Terada, Kazuhiko, Ohta, Mitsuyasu, Mikami, Wakako, Yokota, Hajime, Hayashi, Michio, Miyashita, Jun, Azuma, Teruhisa, Fukuma, Shingo, Fukuhara, Shunichi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2017
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Diagnostics
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5695374/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29122806
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019155

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