Loralei Thornburg

Maternal-Fetal Medicine doc in Rochester, NY- tweets on high risk care for complex pregnancy. tweets are my own, not medical advice, retweet not endorsement.

[Ai-ris Yonekura Collier, MD @airisyc]

@ChloeZeraMD @BidmcMFM And now 📣 #SMFM24 Completely Unroutine fetal case eloquently presented by Dr. Bridget Donovan third year MFM fellow @BidmcMFM

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

That’s a wrap! #teamzebra done for the year! Don’t forget to wear your stripes on 2/29 the rarest day of the year and official #RareDiseaseDay @MySMFM #smfm24 No one does “unroutine” better than #mfm

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

Absolutely love this. Stop freaking patients out. Topical. Retinoids. Do. Not. Cause. Fetal. Retinoid. Syndrome. Speaker told story where pharamacy refused to sell her otc skincream while visibly pregnant. As Mfm/teratologist 🙄🙄🤦🏻 #teamzebra #teratology @SarahObican @MySMFM

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

Physicians and patients think rates of #birthdefects from medications is 20%, but it is closer to 2% #teratology pregnant people should be reassured to use meds needed to manage diseases #mfms need to reassure pts, medical colleagues #teamzebra @MySMFM #smfm24 @SarahObican

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

Always more to learn—- and as we learn more, it becoming clear that fetal diagnoses overlap and interplay genetically in ways we are continually learning from! #teamzebra . Also @ChrisHanMFM is the best speaker. Invite her. @UCLAHealth @MySMFM #smfm24

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

Again for the back— treat the patient in front of you, not the labs. #tsh doesn’t correlate to severity in #thyroidstorm. Fellow from Albany killing it! Amazing #thyroidstorm talk @MySMFM #smfm24 @ualbany @TaraLyn24108767 #teamzebra

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#shocked #notshocked that there is #mysogyny everywhere and #afab people are doing the work for #amab people

[Imogene Cancellare, PhD @biologistimo]

Fun fact: most living organ donors are women, but most patients receiving said organs are men.

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#congenital #hsv a rare inutero #infection #torch case from @BethisraelD fellow — another #teamzebra but another thing to consider w fetal calcifications, iugr and echogenic liver. @MySMFM #smfm24

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#fattyacid disorders and #metabolic disorders reviews make me feel like I am back in medical school. So important for mfms managing these pregnancies. #nerdlove #tooCool4School @MySMFM #teamzebra @SIMDtweets @howmuchphe @UCSFHospitals

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

@MySMFM @SIMDtweets Maternal #metabolic disorders and pregnancy management for #teamzebra at #smfm24 —complex Managment with Mfm as the team leaders! #rao @UCLAHealth @ChrisHanMFM

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

This could also be titled “hey placenta — be cool — maybe you could chill just a bit?” @MySMFM #smfm24 #safemotherhood #pregnancy

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

I can smell rain. But, I have a friend that can smell ants. I also think she is lying.

[Ron wright @ronsterd89]

Can people really 'smell rain' before it actually starts raining? My friend tells me that she can, but I have a feeling she's pranking me.

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

first fellow from @UCLAHealth giving case presentation #teamzebra for #smfm24 — #achalasia initially misdiagnosed as @Hyperemesis — despite 60 lb loss—pregnant people don’t only get pregnancy conditions — if data isn’t adding up look 4 other diagnoses!! @MySMFM @achalasiaaware

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

That a big nope from me…..

[Shematologist, MD @acweyand]

The actual coagulation cascade.

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#rsv vaccine season ended 1/31 —but will be back! Pregnancy vaccination is CRITICAL to keeping little people out of hospital. #rsv is number ONE hospitalization reason for infants — and a major cause of mortality for preemies! #teamzebra @MySMFM @airisyc

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#Covid is forgotten but not gone and remains a significant cause of pregnancy mortality. Placental passage provides infant immunity too! Also— turns out only people the love #acronyms and #abbrevs more than obs are virologists!! #teamzebra #smfm24 @MySMFM @BethisraelD @airisyc

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

#shocked /not shocked that “female” #crashtestdummies are just scaled down male dummies w/ no discussion of differences in muscular, ligamental, body composition or pregnancy, so #afab people and pregnant people are more likely to die in #mva than #amab @MySMFM #smfm24 #teamzebra

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

The only problem w #smfm24 is that I can’t go to all the courses at once @MySMFM #cardioobstetrics #teamzebra @ChrisHanMFM

[SMFM @MySMFM]

#SMFM24 is underway!

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

Turns out it’s not just holding up a golf club in the rain— lightning can move sideways, jump, and have a blast radius— and can hurt you all sorts of ways — from burns, to blasting your clothes off #teamzebra and unusual #trauma events in pregnancy #hollenbach @MySMFM #smfm2024

[Loralei Thornburg @drloralei]

70% of rural Americans lack #broadband which prevents use of #telemedicine to improve #maternalhealth in #rural communities where #maternitydeserts are forming at alarming rates. @MySMFM #teamzebra presenting on telemed solutions to this right now!!

[Rachel Barnhart @rachbarnhart]

It would be disastrous if Congress doesn’t extend funding for broadband subscriptions. https://t.co/9aHa9Slyhj