Acute effect of formalin on pulmonary function tests in medical students. | [Pakistan Journal of Physiology • 2010]

Author(s):

1. B. K. Binawara: Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

2. Rajnee : Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

3. S. Choudhary: Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

4. K. C. Mathur: Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

5. H. Sharma: Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

6. K . Goyal: Department of Physiology, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner Rajasthan, India

Abstract:

Background and Methods: The incessant complaints from medical students during and after gross anatomy dissections led to this study. The present study was carried out on 80 healthy (male) first year medical student’s between the age of 18–23 years. The pulmonary function tests included were FVC, FEV1, FEV1/FVC, FEF25–75% and PEFR carried out by computerised spirometer. All these parameters helped in evaluating pulmonary functions among medical students exposed to formaldehyde for two hours during their Anatomy dissection. Result: The study revealed statistically highly significant (p

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Published: Journal: Pakistan Journal of Physiology, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Year: 2010

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