Mark Ferguson

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COVID-19 FAQs in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

April 25, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

A timely article addressing common questions related to the COVID pandemic, particularly regarding preoperative decision-making for pediatric/congenital heart surgery.

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Sybil: A Validated Deep Learning Model to Predict Future Lung Cancer Risk From a Single Low-Dose Chest Computed Tomography

April 19, 2023 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This study used lung cancer screening trial low dose CT scans to develop a model (Sybil) that predicts the likelihood of development of a lung cancer within the next year....

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A Single-Institutional Experience with 36 Children Smaller Than 5 Kilograms Supported with the Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) over 12 Years: Comparison of Patients with Biventricular versus Functionally Univentricular Circulation

March 28, 2023 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

In a study meant to review outcomes in patients less than 5 kg supported by the Berlin Heart pulsatile ventricular assist device (VAD), it was found that the device is...

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Outcomes of Treatment for Infective Endocarditis Following Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement

February 28, 2023 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (TPVR) carries an increased risk of infective endocarditis. This study used data from the Pediatric Health Information System for the period 2010–2020. Ninety-eight hospital admissions for...

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Ten-Year Outcomes of Off-Pump vs On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the Department of Veterans Affairs

April 14, 2022 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This 10-year follow-up of the ROBY study reports on the primary end points of all-cause death and the composite of death or revascularization among 2203 patients randomized to off-pump or...

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Durvalumab After Chemoradiotherapy in Stage III Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

February 5, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This randomized trial compared chemoradiotherapy alone to chemoradiotherapy followed by consolidation therapy with the PDL-1 antibody durvalumab in patients with stage III NSCLC. The treatment group had significantly improved progression-free...

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Just One Cigarette a Day Increases the Risk of Heart Disease and Stroke!

February 2, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This review included 55 publications covering 141 cohort studies. The authors found that the relative risk of stroke associated with smoking just one cigarette a day was 1.25 to 1.31,...

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Nudge Units to Improve the Delivery of Health Care

January 18, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors describe a clinical unit developed at their institution designed to implement “nudges” to help improve health care delivery, primarily through the EMR. “Nudges” have been used to shape...

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Ultrasonographic-Guided Resuscitation of the Surgical Patient

January 18, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors summarize the rationale and utility of point of care ultrasonography for identifying factors associated with hypotension or hypoxia in a deteriorating surgical patient, including hypovolemia, LV dysfunction, PE,...

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Favorable Prognosis and High Discrepancy of Genetic Features in Surgical Patients With Multiple Primary Lung Cancers

January 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors studied survival in patients with multiple lung cancers and their associated genetic mutations. There was 90% discordance in driver mutations beween cancers in individual patients that was associated...

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Association of Cardiovascular Biomarkers With Incident Heart Failure With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction

January 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Using a group of nearly 23,000 individuals in four community-based longitudinal cohorts, the authors studied those who developed heart failure (HF) with either preserved (633) or reduced (841) ejection fraction...

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Have Robotics Had a Detrimental Effect on Surgical Residency?

January 13, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Interesting research/opinion piece about how the introduction of robots has forced a change in surgical training, with some residents gaining skill through a process of “shadow learning.”

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VATS Using Local Anesthesia and Sedation: Lessons Learned

January 12, 2018 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors summarizes a personal experience with 529 patients undergoing VATS operations under local anesthesia and sedation. No nerve block, epidural, laryngeal mask airway, or endotracheal intubation was used. Indications...

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