Rupal Patel

Wife, mother of 2 sweet girls, passionate pediatric antibiotic steward at Levine Childrens Hospital in Charlotte

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

@Eurostar on 30 December, my family was stranded in Paris, effectively ruining our holiday with no way to return to London. The Eurostar app was not updated in real time to notify passengers. Thousands of Euros lost in diverted travel. Claim 12208269 submitted 6 Jan. No response.

[PIDS @PIDSociety]

Unvaccinated adolescents 12-17 y/o had Dec ‘21 hospitalization rate 6x that of fully vaccinated peers suggesting highly effective vaccines in preventing serious COVID-19. #PAS2022

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

#vaccineswork #pas2022

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

Yes. Children get COVID. 63% of hospitalized children had NO comorbidities. #PAS2022

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

CDC presenting on COVID at PAS!! Emphasizing vaccination is a cumulative effort… we are all responsible. Be on the lookout for new published data very soon! #PAS2022

[PIDS @PIDSociety]

Children experienced Omicron much greater than prior variants. A 2-dose vaccine series reduced the risk of Omicron infection by 31% among kids 5-11 and 59% among 12-15. #PAS2022

[PIDS @PIDSociety]

The PIDS Reception for #PAS2022 is exactly where you want to be. This is a wonderful community of folks dedicated to caring for children and enjoying one another’s company. Cheers! 🥂

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

Standing room only at PAS neonatal sepsis club! Culture negative sepsis in the NICU- misnomer or illusion? #PAS2022

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

Our superstar pharmacy resident @AlyssaLear2 presenting her research at #PIDSASP21 supporting short courses of IV antibiotics in healthy neonates with UTI...Less is more! @CMCPharmRes @jeannebfo

[Rachel Wattier, MD, MHS (she/her) @RachelWattier]

#PIDSASP21 @KidDocNic on outpatient antibiotic stewardship in pediatrics - a reminder that far more antibiotics are prescribed in outpatient than inpatient settings

[Rachel Wattier, MD, MHS (she/her) @RachelWattier]

#PIDSASP21 learning points on acute otitis media from Dr. Holly Frost from Denver Health - #1 reason for outpatient antibiotics given to children, high yield antibiotic stewardship target and need to address non-pediatrician providers.

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

@sameerjpatel #PIDSASP21 Leveraging EHR for AS!

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

@wjmuller @LevineChildrens Thanks Bill!!

[PIDS @PIDSociety]

The difference between the COVID-19 vaccine and monoclonal antibody programs #PIDSlife #IDWeek2020

[Rupal Patel @pedsIDpharmD]

Best quotes of the morning.

[Rachel Wattier, MD, MHS (she/her) @RachelWattier]

This focus on "we're all in the same boat" . . . "some of us are in a yacht and some of us are in a dinghy"

[Rachel Wattier, MD, MHS (she/her) @RachelWattier]

Major racial & ethnic disparities in COVID-19 hospitalizations in US from Dr. #Fauci's talk at #IDWeek2020. Hospitalization rates nearly 4.5x higher among Latinx, indigenous and black Americans.

[NEJM @NEJM]

Why has the United States handled this pandemic so badly? The Editors note that although we came into this crisis with enormous advantages, our current political leaders have demonstrated that they are dangerously incompetent.

[Matt Davis @MattDavis138]

Table S1 and Figure S1 from RECOVERY. Happy to see low rates of dex in usual care, low rates of tocilizumab randomization, and also convalescent plasma.