Mark Ferguson

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Medically-Necessary, Time-Sensitive Procedures: A Scoring System to Ethically and Efficiently Manage Resource Scarcity and Provider Risk During the COVID-19 Pandemic

April 16, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

A prepublication manuscript describing a balanced system for multidimensional decision making about timing of surgery in the COVID era.

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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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Why Some Surgeons Make Irrational Decisions: The Empirical Case for Acquiescing to Intuition

December 16, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors demonstrate that, even when we rationally understand which of two choices is more likely to pay off, up to half of us will rely on gut feelings instead....

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VATS Lobectomy Is Associated With Greater Recurrence-Free Survival Than SBRT for Clinical Stage I Lung Cancer

December 14, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Using propensity score matching, patients with clinical stage I NSCLC who underwent either VATS lobectomy or stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT) were compared for long-term outcomes. Among 37 matched pairs, tumor...

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Pathologists Face Their “Deep Blue” Moment

December 13, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

As many will recall, world chess champion Garry Kasparov was defeated by IBM’s Deep Blue computer in 1997. Now machine-learning algorithms have bested trained pathologists in differentiating between benign and...

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Lung Cancer: Blood-based Biomarker Predicts Immunotherapy Success

December 13, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Liquid biopsies have long held promise for diagnosis, treatment selection, and surveillance of lung cancer patients. This articles summarizes results of two studies involving highly precise measurement of tumor mutational...

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An Unconscious Patient With a DNR Tattoo

November 29, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

An interesting dilemma posed by a tattoo providing advanced care directives.

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Big Tobacco’s Court-Ordered Ads Make Their Debut

November 27, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Newspaper and prime time TV advertisements are beginning in the US today that detail the medical toll that smoking exacts on its victims. The ads are paid for by big...

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Elective Surgery Ban for Smokers and Obese Patients

November 27, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The medical care oversight committee for Hertfordshire County, England, has banned elective surgery for the obese and for those who are actively smoking. Obese patients must lose 10% to 15%...

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Heart Attack Strikes Amercian Heart Association President

November 16, 2017 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Dr. John Warner, President of the AHA, suffered a minor heart attack during the AHA congress in California. The day prior he had delivered an address describing the impact that...

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