Spirometric assessment in undergraduate medical students
المؤلف
المصدر
Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences
العدد
المجلد 26، العدد 1 (31 يناير/كانون الثاني 2018)، ص ص. 283-288، 6ص.
الناشر
تاريخ النشر
2018-01-31
دولة النشر
العراق
عدد الصفحات
6
التخصصات الرئيسية
الملخص EN
Background & objectives: Examination of the respiratory system by pulmonary function tests has been evolved as clinical tool in diagnosis, management and following up of respiratory diseases because it provides objective information about the state of an individual’s respiratory system.
The present study aimed at evaluating pulmonary function among the smokers students of medical college of Babylon University and to compare their data with that of non-smokers students.
Methods: A total of 80 (45 smokers students and 35 healthy young subjects) were randomly sampled for the study from the medical college of the Babylon University.
The study population (20-25 year age group) had similar socioeconomic background.
Each subject filled up the questionnaire to record their personal demographic data, health status.
Subjects with any history of pulmonary diseases were excluded from the study.
Results: The study showed significant differences between smoker and non-smoker groups regarding forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) and body mass index (BMI) (P ≤ 0.05), few of students had changes in respiratory function (mild obstruction), there was also significant relation between FEV1 and pack year, the students were not heavy smokers, no female student was found to be smoker.
Conclusions: From the present study it can be concluded that the students in all groups have normal range of pulmonary function, most of the students smoke few number of cigarettes, and the smoking had considerable effect on lung function.
نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)
Abbas, Amjad H.. 2018. Spirometric assessment in undergraduate medical students. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences،Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.283-288.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134533
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)
Abbas, Amjad H.. Spirometric assessment in undergraduate medical students. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences Vol. 26, no. 1 (2018), pp.283-288.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134533
نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)
Abbas, Amjad H.. Spirometric assessment in undergraduate medical students. Journal of Babylon University : Journal of Applied and Pure Sciences. 2018. Vol. 26, no. 1, pp.283-288.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1134533
نوع البيانات
مقالات
لغة النص
الإنجليزية
الملاحظات
Includes bibliographical references : p. 288
رقم السجل
BIM-1134533
قاعدة معامل التأثير والاستشهادات المرجعية العربي "ارسيف Arcif"
أضخم قاعدة بيانات عربية للاستشهادات المرجعية للمجلات العلمية المحكمة الصادرة في العالم العربي
تقوم هذه الخدمة بالتحقق من التشابه أو الانتحال في الأبحاث والمقالات العلمية والأطروحات الجامعية والكتب والأبحاث باللغة العربية، وتحديد درجة التشابه أو أصالة الأعمال البحثية وحماية ملكيتها الفكرية. تعرف اكثر