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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If you live in a deprived area you spend a third of your life in poor health, if you live in an affluent area you spend only a sixth of your life in poor health Lade Smith CBE The King's Fund #bgsconf
Our new paper on natriuretic peptides and #AtrialFibrillation now available here:
Natriuretic Peptide Receptor B Protects Against Atrial Fibrillation by Controlling Atrial cAMP Via Phosphodiesterase 2 | Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology ahajournals.org/doi/abs/10.116…
In case you were wondering……keep COVID rapids at home. And remember, not everyone with COVID is very very sick. A big new headache and fatigue alone can also be COVID. Testing let’s you #knowyourstatus , protect others and access treatment for those at high risk. #testingwin
It’s a special privilege to learn from your children, as I have done so often from James Rockwood and Michael Rockwood Of course given that their expertise is respectively in fintech and in biomedical and electrical engineering, showing me something new is not a heavy lift for them.
Frankly, it’s embarrassing. And how will we create the economy of tomorrow without substantial increases in funding the science of today. And that includes significant increases in numbers and amounts of scholarships and doubling TriCouncil funding Chrystia Freeland François-Philippe Champagne (FPC) 🇨🇦
Social Vulnerability and Frailty in Hospitalized Older Adults. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37662062/ Being socially vulnerable was associated with increased length of stay, having excess hospital days, and being discharged to long term care from hospital. Nice paper, led by Jasmine Mah