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William C. Nugent
Researcher at Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center
Publications - 57
Citations - 7861
William C. Nugent is an academic researcher from Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mortality rate & Lung cancer. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 57 publications receiving 7764 citations. Previous affiliations of William C. Nugent include Washington University in St. Louis & Boston Medical Center.
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ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery A Report of the American College of Cardiology/ American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery)
Kim A. Eagle,Robert A. Guyton,Ravin Davidoff,Gordon A. Ewy,James Fonger,Timothy J. Gardner,John Parker Gott,Howard C. Herrmann,Robert A. Marlow,William C. Nugent,Gerald T. O'Connor,Thomas A. Orszulak,Richard E. Rieselbach,William L. Winters,Salim Yusuf,Raymond J. Gibbons,Joseph S. Alpert,Arthur Garson,Gabriel Gregoratos,R. O. Russell,Sidney C. Smith +20 more
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ACC/AHA 2004 guideline update for coronary artery bypass graft surgery: Summary article. A report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (committee to update the 1999 guidelines for coronary artery bypass graft surgery)
Kim A. Eagle,Robert A. Guyton,Ravin Davidoff,Fred H. Edwards,Gordon A. Ewy,Timothy J. Gardner,James C. Hart,Howard C. Herrmann,L. David Hillis,Adolph M. Hutter,Bruce W. Lytle,Robert A. Marlow,William C. Nugent,Thomas A. Orszulak,Elliott M. Antman,Sidney C. Smith,Joseph S. Alpert,Jeffrey L. Anderson,David P. Faxon,Valentin Fuster,Raymond J. Gibbons,Gabriel Gregoratos,Jonathan L. Halperin,Loren F. Hiratzka,Sharon A. Hunt,Alice K. Jacobs,Joseph P. Ornato +26 more
TL;DR: The major areas of change reflected in the update of the ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery are described in a format that can be read and understood as a stand-alone document.
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A regional intervention to improve the hospital mortality associated with coronary artery bypass graft surgery. The Northern New England Cardiovascular Disease Study Group
Gerald T. O'Connor,Stephen K. Plume,Elaine M. Olmstead,Jeremy R. Morton,Christopher T. Maloney,William C. Nugent,Felix Hernandez,Robert A. Clough,Bruce J. Leavitt,Laurence H. Coffin,Charles A.S. Marrin,David E. Wennberg,John D. Birkmeyer,David C. Charlesworth,David J. Malenka,Hebe B. Quinton,Joseph F. Kasper,Hebe Quinton,Deborah Carey-Johnson,Cynthia M. Downs,Joseph J. Hessel,Robert M. Hoffman,Edward R. Johnson,Helen McKinnon,Cathy Mingo,Craig Pedersen,Wendy Perkins,Matthew L. Rowe,Katrina Sargent,Ted S. Silver,Peter V. Lee,Craig Warren,Shelley Barber,Pamela Brown,Richard G. Brandenburg,Steve Colmanaro,Walter D. Gundel,Richard S. Jackson,David Johnson,Ann Laramee,William C. Paganelli,Diane Pappalardo,Daniel S. Raabe,Christopher Terrien,Paul T. Vaitkus,Matthew Watkins,Virginia Beggs,William A. Burke,Edward Catherwood,Lawrence J. Daeey,Candis Darcey,Gordon Defoe,Thomas Dodds,Mary Fillinger,Bruce Friedman,Bruce Hettleman,Terry S. Kneeland,Elizabeth Maislen,Nathaniel Niles,Nancy J. O'Connor,John Robb,William Schults,William F. Sullivan,Jon Wahrenberger,Beth Wolf,Yvon Baribeau,Ann Becker,Craig C. Berry,Kevin Berry,William A. Bradley,S. Cuddy,Robert C. Dewey,Frank Fedele,Louis I. Fink,Erik J. Funk,Alan E. Garstka,Dan Halstead,Michael J. Hearne,J. Beatty Hunter,Alan D. Kaplan,Peggy Lambert,Patrick M. Lawrence,Jeffery Lockhart,Kathy McNeil,Edward Palank,M. Judith Porelle,Donna Pulsifer,Joanne Robichaud,James Schnitz,Shirley Shea,Benjamin M. Westbrook,Thomas P. Wharton,Kirke W. Wheeler,Dee White,Robert B. Keller,David C. Soule,Mary Abbott,Lawrence Adrian,Warren D. Alpern,Eric Anderson,Richard A. Anderson,Linda Banister,Claire Berg,Seth Blank,Carl E. Bredenberg,Michael D. Brennan,Linda Brewster,David Burkey,Alice Cirillo,Cantwell Clark,Jane Cleaves,Deborah Courtney,Joshua Cutler,Desmond Donegal,Pat Fallo,Daniel F. Hanley,Jane Kane,Saul Katz,Mirle A. Kellett,Robert Kramer,Costas T. Lambrew,F. Stephen Larned,Chris A. Lutes,Edward R. Nowicki,John R. O'Meara,Harold Osher,Patricia Peasley,Cathy Prouty,Reed D. Quinn,Dennis Redfield,Karen Reynolds,Thomas J. Ryan,Jean Saunders,Alyce Schultz,Susan Seekins,Russell Stogsdill,Paul W. Sweeny,Karen Tolan,Nancy Tooker,Joan F. Tryzelaar,Marie Turcotte,Kathy Viger,Cynthia Westlund,Richard L. White,Wanda Whittet,Carol Zografos +145 more
TL;DR: It is concluded that a multi-institutional, regional model for the continuous improvement of surgical care is feasible and effective and may have applications in other settings.
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ACC/AHA Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Executive Summary and Recommendations A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Committee to Revise the 1991 Guidelines for Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery)
Kim A. Eagle,Robert A. Guyton,Ravin Davidoff,Gordon A. Ewy,James Fonger,Timothy J. Gardner,John Parker Gott,Howard C. Herrmann,Robert A. Marlow,William C. Nugent,Gerald T. O'Connor,Thomas A. Orszulak,Richard E. Rieselbach,William L. Winters,Salim Yusuf,Raymond J. Gibbons,Joseph S. Alpert,Arthur Garson,Gabriel Gregoratos,R. O. Russell,Thomas J. Ryan,Sidney C. Smith +21 more
TL;DR: These revised guidelines are based on a computerized search of the English literature since 1989, a manual search of final articles, and expert opinion and describe the most consistent predictors of mortality after coronary artery surgery.
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A Regional Prospective Study of In-Hospital Mortality Associated With Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Gerald T. O'Connor,Stephen K. Plume,Elaine M. Olmstead,Laurence H. Coffin,Jeremy R. Morton,Christopher T. Maloney,Edward R. Nowicki,Joan F. Tryzelaar,Felix Hernandez,Lawrence Adrian,Kevin J. Casey,David N. Soule,Charles A.S. Marrin,William C. Nugent,David C. Charlesworth,Robert A. Clough,Saul Katz,Bruce J. Leavitt,John E. Wennberg +18 more
TL;DR: The observed differences in in-hospital mortality rates among institutions and among surgeons in northern New England are not solely the result of differences in case mix as described by these variables and may reflect differences in currently unknown aspects of patient care.