Publications by authors named "Sabel Bass"
Substance use disorder and severe maternal morbidity: is there a differential impact?
Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM
January 2025
Background: Substance use disorder (SUD) is a disease characterized by behavior patterns of substance use leading to dysfunction in cognition, mood, and quality of life. The prevalence of perinatal SUD in the United States continues to rise and has adverse effects on the maternal-infant dyad. Mirroring the rise in SUD is an increasing prevalence of severe maternal morbidity (SMM).
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- This study aimed to evaluate how Enterovirus A71 (EV71) vaccination affects the spread of hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) caused by various virus types in Zhejiang, China, over a three-year period.
- Researchers gathered daily HFMD and EV71 vaccination data, estimating the effective reproduction number (R) to assess the epidemic's intensity and using general additive models to analyze the relationship between vaccination rates and HFMD transmission.
- Results indicated that vaccinating more children could significantly reduce EV71-related HFMD cases, but it also correlated with a slight increase in transmission risk for other types of HFMD, emphasizing the need for higher vaccination rates to control EV71 epidemics effectively.
Perinatal substance use disorder: Examining the impact on adverse pregnancy outcomes.
Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol X
June 2024
Objective: Substance use disorder is a growing concern in the USA, especially among pregnant women. This study was undertaken to assess the impact of substance use disorder on adverse pregnancy outcomes using a nationwide sample of inpatient pregnancy hospitalizations in the USA, and to elucidate the influence on each type of adverse pregnancy outcome.
Study Design: A cross-sectional analysis of inpatient pregnancy hospitalizations in the USA from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project National Inpatient Sample from 2016 to 2020 was conducted.
Racial and Ethnic Disparities Among Pregnancies with Substance Use Disorder: Impact on Perinatal Outcomes.
J Womens Health (Larchmt)
September 2024
To examine racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity (SMM) and adverse pregnancy outcomes (APOs) among pregnant patients with substance use disorder (SUD) compared to individuals without SUD. We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of inpatient hospitalizations of pregnant people from the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) National Inpatient Sample (NIS) from 2016 to 2019. ICD-10 codes were used to identify the frequency of SMM and/or APO between those with and without SUD by race/ethnicity.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Maternal mortality ratio (MMR) has been on the decline in the Gambia since 1990. However, there has been no steady decline in maternal mortality ratio in the Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, the only tertiary health facility in the Gambia. The aim of the study is to determine the trend in maternal mortality over the last 8 years.
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