Pulmonary & Respiratory Medicine

Deependra KC

Publications

• Research Article
  Effect of Smoking in Cognition
  Author(s): Karishma Rajbhandari Pandey, Dipesh Raj Panday, Nidesh Sapkota, Anish Dhami, Akshay Sarraf, Sandeep Shrestha and Deependra KCKarishma Rajbhandari Pandey, Dipesh Raj Panday, Nidesh Sapkota, Anish Dhami, Akshay Sarraf, Sandeep Shrestha and Deependra KC
  
  Introduction: Smokers claim that smoking increases their concentration, alertness, and overall mental performance. On the contrary, evidences point at gradual cognitive deterioration in smokers. Montreal cognitive assessment (MoCA) assesses even mild cognitive impairment. Objective: To determine and compare the cognitive status in smokers and healthy controls. Method and Materials: A cross-sectional comparative study was done in 46 apparently healthy male healthscience students (23 smokers and 23 nonsmokers) at Pulmonary Function Lab in the Department of Basic and Clinical Physiology, BPKIHS. Pulmonary function tests (PFT) were measured. For cognition assessment MoCA, which is a set of close ended questionnaire was used. To assess smoking status and MoCA score, Mann Whitney U test was employed and dat.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2161-105X.1000399

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