Mark Ferguson

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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 an affective bridge to transplant...

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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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Association of Cardiac Injury With Mortality in Hospitalized Patients With COVID-19 in Wuhan, China

March 26, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

In a cohort of 416 patients hospitalized with COVID-19, nearly 20% had elevated troponins indicating myocardial injury. These patients also had a host of other serum and radiographic abnormalities, were...

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Fair Allocation of Scarce Medical Resources in the Time of Covid-19

March 25, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

A frank, eye opening discussion with specific recommendations about allocating scarce resources in a time of pandemic.

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The Toughest Triage — Allocating Ventilators in a Pandemic

March 25, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

A thoughtful commentary about the need for a triage committee to determine the optimal allocation of ventilators in a time of competing needs, and how these determinations are best communicated...

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Allocate Ventilators, Other Covid-19 Resources Based on Evidence, Not Political Hunches

March 18, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors describe a thoughtful process for resource utilization in the setting of competing needs that optimizes survival for a popultion. Examples of existing guidelines are provided.

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Ethnic Disparities in PET/CT Utilization at Diagnosis of Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer

March 18, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

The authors examined the SEER database to assess racial disparities in use of PET for lung cancer staging 2007-2015 and subsequent one-year survival. Blacks (OR 0.54) and Hispanics (OR 0.72)...

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Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement

February 26, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

Five year results of the PARTNER II trial demonstrated no difference in the risk of stroke or death comparing TAVR to surgical aortic valve replacement among intermediate surgical risk patients....

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A Machine Learning Early Warning System for Intraoperative Hypotension

February 20, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This randomized trial evaluated depth and duration of intraoperative hypotension during noncardiac surgery, comparing a machine learning early warning system to standard care. Hypotension was defined as a MAP

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Left-Digit Bias and CABG

February 20, 2020 | Mark FergusonGold Contributor

This study of Medicare beneficiaries evaluated how often CABG was performed related to narrow intervals around a patient’s birthday. Those who were seen just prior to their 80th birthday (thus...

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