Beginning September 3, Temple University Hospital – Main Campus will cease Labor and Delivery services at its Broad and Ontario Streets location. All childbirth services will be moved to a new hospital facility.
Dr. Seyedmohammad Pourshahid, Medical Director of Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Temple University Hospital-Main Campus and Assistant Professor of Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery at the Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, provided insights to Medscape on recent studies. These studies revealed that respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infections are linked with a significantly increased risk for complications beyond pulmonology, including poor kidney outcomes and cardiovascular conditions. The research was published in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses and Clinical Infectious Diseases.
