Mark K Ferguson
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Recent Articles
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Lin J, Chaddha U, Urrutia-Royo B, Ravikumar N, Bhavani S, Katsis J, et al.
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol
. 2025 Mar;
32(2).
PMID: 40051083
Background: Tunneled pleural catheters (TPCs) generate an inflammatory reaction, which, along with frequent drainage, aids in achieving pleurodesis enabling removal in 30% to 50% of patients. However, it is unknown...
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Mantz L, Mercaldo N, Simon J, Kaess P, Yang K, Dietrich A, et al.
Radiology
. 2025 Feb;
314(2):e240282.
PMID: 39932411
Background Skeletal muscle density (SMD) and intermuscular adipose tissue (IMAT) are myosteatosis markers. The prognostic value of myosteatosis markers in preoperative risk stratification of patients with early-stage non-small cell lung...
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Kent J, Chavez J, Rubin D, Gleason L, Landi A, Huisingh-Scheetz M, et al.
Ann Thorac Surg Short Rep
. 2025 Jan;
2(3):581-585.
PMID: 39790415
Background: Frailty is associated with increased perioperative morbidity and mortality. How thoracic surgeons recognize, measure, and mitigate frailty in their daily clinical practice is unknown. We administered a national survey...
4.
Jang W, Kerstiens S, Nordgren R, Dijkstra A, DePablo M, Gleason L, et al.
JTCVS Open
. 2025 Jan;
22():530-539.
PMID: 39780812
Objective: Well-designed patient education materials (PEMs) increase health literacy, which has been linked to better surgical patient outcomes. The quality of lung cancer surgery PEMs is unknown, however. Here we...
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Bryan D, Platz J, Naunheim K, Ferguson M
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
. 2024 Nov;
PMID: 39536965
Background: Chatbot use has developed a presence in medicine and surgery and has been proposed to help guide clinical decision making. However, the accuracy of information provided by artificial intelligence...
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Agrawal A, Chaddha U, Shojaee S, Nadolski G, Liberman M, Lee Y, et al.
Eur Respir J
. 2024 Sep;
64(5).
PMID: 39326915
The management of chylothorax remains challenging given the limited evidence and significant heterogeneity in practice. In addition, there are no practical guidelines on the optimal approach to manage this complex...
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Ferrari-Light D, Merritt R, DSouza D, Ferguson M, Harrison S, Madariaga M, et al.
J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg
. 2024 Sep;
PMID: 39326732
Objective: Chat-based artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT are reimagining how patients seek information. This study aims to evaluate the quality and accuracy of ChatGPT-generated answers to common patient questions about...
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Allen A, Francisco M, Jatis J, Turner Y, Nordgren R, Rubin D, et al.
J Nurs Care Qual
. 2024 Jun;
39(4):361-368.
PMID: 38936412
Background: Frailty is independently associated with adverse patient outcomes after surgery. The current standards of postoperative care rarely consider frailty status. Local Problem: There was no standardized protocol to optimize...
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Fenton D, Allen A, Kent J, Nordgren R, Liu A, Rama N, et al.
J Public Health Res
. 2024 Jun;
13(2):22799036241258876.
PMID: 38867913
Background: Frailty predicts poorer outcomes in surgical patients. Recent studies have found socioeconomic status to be an important characteristic for surgical outcomes. We evaluated the association of Area Deprivation Index...
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Lee A, Madariaga M, Lee S, Ferguson M
PLoS One
. 2024 May;
19(5):e0303281.
PMID: 38753607
Background: The Risk Analysis Index (RAI) is a frailty assessment tool based on an accumulation of deficits model. We mapped RAI to data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS)...