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Clinical determinants of poor six-minute walk test performance in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and no major structural heart disease (2006)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Rigby, A. S., Nabb, S., Jones, P. K., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2006). Clinical determinants of poor six-minute walk test performance in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and no major structural heart disease. European journal of heart failure, 8(3), 321-325. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejheart.2005.08.006

Background: The clinical determinants of six-minute walk test (6-MWT) performance in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) have rarely been investigated, and it is not clear whether they differ from patients referred for the asse... Read More about Clinical determinants of poor six-minute walk test performance in patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction and no major structural heart disease.

Abstracts of the AGA Institute (2006)
Journal Article
Gardiner, A., Maslekar, S., & Duthie, G. (2006). Abstracts of the AGA Institute. Gastroenterology, 130(4), A-1-A-747. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0016-5085%2806%2960008-5

Aims: Artificial neural networks (ANN) are computer programs used to identify complexrelations within data that cannot be detected with conventional linear-statistical analysis.The routine clinical predictions of need for lower gastrointestinal endos... Read More about Abstracts of the AGA Institute.

Non-medical colonoscopy (2006)
Journal Article
Maslekar, S. K., Gardiner, A., Hughes, M., & Duthie, G. S. (2006). Non-medical colonoscopy. Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, 63(5), AB114. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gie.2006.03.148

Aims: There is increasing demand for colonoscopy especially with introduction of screening programmes. Though colonoscopy is performed by doctors and nurses, there is an acute shortage of trained colonoscopists

The reproducibility and sensitivity of the 6-min walk test in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (2005)
Journal Article
Ingle, L., Shelton, R. J., Rigby, A. S., Nabb, S., Clark, A. L., & Cleland, J. G. (2005). The reproducibility and sensitivity of the 6-min walk test in elderly patients with chronic heart failure. European Heart Journal, 26(17), 1742-1751. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehi259

Aims: The 6-min walk test (6-MWT) is used to estimate functional capacity. However, in elderly patients with chronic heart failure (CHF): (i) 1 year reproducibility of the 6-MWT; (ii) sensitivity of the 6-MWT to self-perceived changes in symptoms of... Read More about The reproducibility and sensitivity of the 6-min walk test in elderly patients with chronic heart failure.

Rectal irrigation for relief of functional bowel disorders (2004)
Journal Article
Gardiner, A., Marshall, J., & Duthie, G. (2004). Rectal irrigation for relief of functional bowel disorders. Nursing standard : official newspaper of the Royal College of Nursing, 19(9), 39-42. https://doi.org/10.7748/ns2004.11.19.9.39.c3755

This article examines the use of rectal irrigation for the symptomatic relief of functional bowel disorders in certain groups of patients. The authors undertook a study of 80 patients and conclude that it is a valuable treatment for some patients.

Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair (2004)
Journal Article
Gardiner, A., Kaur, G., Cundall, J., Ilstrup, D. M., Gardiner, A., & Duthie, G. (2004). Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair. Diseases of the colon & rectum, 47(2), 192-197. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10350-003-0026-5

PURPOSE: Prediction of success after anterior sphincter repair for incontinence is difficult. Standard multivariate analysis techniques have only 75 to 80 percent accuracy. Artificial intelligence, including artificial neural networks, has been used... Read More about Neural network analysis of anal sphincter repair.