#zebras2024 at #smfm2024 SMFM rural obstetrics and expanding services and assuring service in smaller communities needs to a focus if we are serious about #maternalmortality #maternity #maternitydeserts folllow along all day for more #teamzebra Intermountain Health IntermountainMedCtr

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

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 SMFM #smfm2024

The only problem w #smfm24 is that I can’t go to all the courses at once SMFM #cardioobstetrics #teamzebra Christina Han 韓世琦

#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 SMFM #smfm24 #teamzebra

#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 SMFM BethIsrael Deaconess Ai-ris Yonekura Collier, MD

#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 SMFM Ai-ris Yonekura Collier, MD

That a big nope from me…..

first fellow from UCLA Health giving case presentation #teamzebra for #smfm24 — #achalasia initially misdiagnosed as H.E.R. (Hyperemesis) — despite 60 lb loss—pregnant people don’t only get pregnancy conditions — if data isn’t adding up look 4 other diagnoses!! SMFM Achalasia Awareness

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

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

#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 SMFM #teamzebra SIMD PKU News UCSF Health

Chloe Zera BIDMC Maternal-Fetal Medicine And now 📣 #SMFM24 Completely Unroutine fetal case eloquently presented by Dr. Bridget Donovan third year MFM fellow BIDMC Maternal-Fetal Medicine

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

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

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 SMFM #smfm24 University at Albany Tara Lynch #teamzebra

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 Christina Han 韓世琦 is the best speaker. Invite her. UCLA Health SMFM #smfm24

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 SMFM #smfm24 Sarah Obican

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 Sarah Obican SMFM

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 SMFM #smfm24 No one does “unroutine” better than #mfm