Kenneth Rockwood
@krockdoc
Newfoundlander. Geriatrician, internist. Big on sharing Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment, individualization, and the joy of geriatrics to enable frailty care.
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02-05-2015 21:16:27
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A strong signal, goes with the observation that, in medical inpatients, people whose mobility and balance deteriorated in the first 48h had a 74% chance=17x relative risk of dying within 30 days (RE Hubbard Eamonn Eeles et al JGIM Journal of General Internal Medicine 2011 PMID 21845488 ). Great basis for RCT.