Patrick Ching @patrickching

@nychealthsystem.bsky.social launched Special Pathogens Biopreparedness Map #IDSky #MedSky nychhbioprep.shinyapps.io/specialpatho...

13.02.2026 00:51 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Acute Myocardial Infarction after Laboratory-Confirmed Influenza Infection | NEJM Acute myocardial infarction can be triggered by acute respiratory infections. Previous studies have suggested an association between influenza and acute myocardial infarction, but those studies use...

☝️Remember
#Influenza is associated with 6-16.6x ⬆️risk of #MI 💔
www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1702090
evidence.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/EVIDoa2300361

💉Get your flu shot! Protect yourself and your loved ones

06.02.2026 04:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

RSV vaccine is recommended for adults
💉75+ y
💉50-74 y AND conditions that ⬆️risk of severe RSV:

06.02.2026 04:48 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Risk of Cardiorespiratory Events Following RSV-Related Hospitalization This self-controlled case series assesses the risk of cardiorespiratory events 180 days after hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection in adults.

RSV-related hospitalization is associated w ⬆️cardiorespiratory events 🫀🫁
2.8-8.7x ⬆️rate of MI
3.7-7.4x ⬆️rate of stroke
2.4-12.5x ⬆️rate of CHF exacerbation
23.1x ⬆️rate of COPD exacerbation
16.5x ⬆️rate of arrhythmia
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

💉Get RSV vaccine if eligible! #IDSky #MedSky

06.02.2026 04:48 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Learned something new! #tularemia associated with harbor seal necropsy #IDSky #MedSky

06.02.2026 03:05 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

#IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology #MedSky

05.02.2026 01:12 — 👍 7 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

GLP-1 Receptor Agonists and Risk of Optic Nerve or Vision-Threatening Events in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes or Cardiometabolic Diseases: A Meta-analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials BACKGROUND. Data concerning glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs) on risk of ischemic optic neuropathy (ION) are conflicting.PURPOSE. We sy

In pts w #T2DM & cardiometabolic dz, GLP-1 RAs were not associated w increased risk of optic nerve/vision-threatening events #MedSky #GLP1 #OphthoSky
diabetesjournals.org/care/article-abstract/doi/10.2337/dc25-1929/164303/GLP-1-Receptor-Agonists-and-Risk-of-Optic-Nerve-or

01.02.2026 17:35 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Hepatitis B Outcomes After Switching to Long-Acting Cabotegravir/Rilpivirine in People With HIV: Reactivation, Incident Infection, and Liver Safety Across Diverse Serological Profiles This prospective cohort followed 741 people with HIV switching to long-acting intramuscular cabotegravir/rilpivirine. No hepatitis B virus (HBV) incident i

No #HBV reactivation/incident infxn in PLH w isolated anti-HBc after switching to CAB/RPV #HIV #IDSky #MedSky
academic.oup.com/cid/advance-...

01.02.2026 17:29 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

How 'gas station drugs' remain legal How did gas stations became the perfect marketplace for quasi-legal drugs? STAT's Alex Hogan explains on STATus Report.

How ‘gas station drugs’ remain legal www.statnews.com/2026/01/28/h... via @statnews.com

30.01.2026 03:04 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Episode 18 - 3 Tips for New ID Doctors: Then and Now Podcast Episode · The Host Response: A FirstcallID Podcast · 12/28/2025 · 5m

🎙️ Episode 18 of The Host Response is out.

What 10 years in ID taught me:
• Antibiotics can hurt people
• Not every note needs to be a masterpiece
• You need a work buddy
• Vancomycin remains…vancomycin

Reflections for new ID docs (and reminders for the rest of us)
🎧 Listen now.

#idsky #meded

28.12.2025 19:33 — 👍 10 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 2

Nice piece
"Trust in medicine rests not only on skill and outcomes but also on moments when families glimpse our humanity and we allow them to see us"
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2843254

29.12.2025 20:01 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Our newspaper article is out today (my first!)
richmond.com/opinion/colu... #IDSky

13.12.2025 15:36 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Applying Elite Tennis Paradigms to Surgical Performance jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/fullarticle/2840502

11.12.2025 16:47 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Sharing our commentary in @ajicjournal.bsky.social
Leveraging data to advance #InfectionPrevention programs #IDSky #HealthcareEpidemiology
authors.elsevier.com/c/1mCdHijjYo...

08.12.2025 04:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Got vanc 😆
#WAAW #IDSky

20.11.2025 13:15 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Outbreak Investigation of Salmonella: Moringa Leaf Powder October 2025 Do not eat, sell, or serve certain recalled products containing moringa leaf powder. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.

Popular supplement containing moringa leaf powder recalled due to Salmonella contamination www.fda.gov/food/outbrea...

13.11.2025 13:40 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I think I remember you posted about this a while back :-)

13.11.2025 12:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Pott puffy tumor #IDSky #MedSky @jamadermatology.com
✅subperiosteal abscess of forehead a/w underlying frontal bone osteomyelitis
✅most common cause: frontal/ethmoid sinus infxn
✅image ASAP
✅Mx: Abx, abscess drainage, restoration of paranasal sinus outflow, resection of damaged bone as indicated

12.11.2025 22:43 — 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

Love this piece ❤️ #MedSky
"As physicians, we often wait for permission to care for ourselves, permission that never seems to arrive... I still work hard. But I no longer believe that sacrifice defines me. What defines me now is intention..."
jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2839102

31.10.2025 18:45 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I guess it's possible not to feel anything when the leech got in the nasal cavity 😬

30.10.2025 21:02 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0