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Annual Congress of Malaysian Thoracic Society PP 23 Survey of Bronchoscopy Practice in Malaysia Mustafa Kamal 2 , Razul Kassim 2 , S K Kunji Kannan 1 , Jamalul Azizi 1 1 Respiratory Department, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia 2 Respiratory Department, Hospital Sultanah Bahiyah, Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia Background Flexible bronchoscopy is one component of the armamentarium used widely in interventional pulmonology and is a useful diagnostic and research tool. Practices vary widely between practitioners. It is very important to study and understand the differences in the practice. Methods A survey was conducted during annual Malaysian Thoracic meeting and email survey sent to all members of the Malaysian Thoracic Society in 2010. 350 questionnaires were sent and 242 (80%) surveys were returned. Among those who responded only 42 (12.2%) regularly performed bronchoscopy. Results The participants consisted of consultants (62%), subspecialty trainees (33%) and postgraduate candidates (5%). Among the participants were respiratory physicians and respiratory trainees (90.5%) and general physicians (9.5%). of the 42 responders, 62% were male and 38% were female. About 71.5% of the participants were trained locally to perform bronchoscopy and the rest were trained in overseas centers (28.5%). Volume of procedures per year also ranged from less than 30 procedures (23.8%), 31-50 (9.5%), 51-80 (4.8%), 81-100 (4.8%) to more than 100 procedures per year (57.1%). About 76.2% of participants perform the bronchoscopy on inpatients and 23.8% performed it on day care cases. Majority of the practitioners performed bronchoscopy under sedation (95%) and a minority under general anaesthesia (5%). Conclusion The result of this survey gives us better perspective for the future improvement and development of special interest group of interventional pulmonology, which is currently in the infant stage in Malaysia. This survey may indicate the need for common standards for the practice of bronchoscopy in Malaysia. 85
Annual Congress of Malaysian Thoracic Society PP 24 Patterns Of Cigarette Smoking And Perception Among Medical Students In A Public University In Malaysia Shafiq M Azman 1 , Nurhuda Ismail 2 , Munira S. Yasin 2 , Norizal M Noor 3 , Hanisah Taib 1 , Junainah M Jusop 1 , Atirah N Salaudin 1 1 Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology MARA 2 Population Health and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology MARA 3 Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Technology MARA A cross-sectional survey was conducted to assess the patterns of cigarette smoking and perception among medical students (N=875) in a public university in Malaysia. 5 22 (60%) responded and 23 students (4.4%) indicated they currently smoke tobacco at time of study. Out of total respondents, 18% had tried smoking and 3% had tried other methods of tobacco. Out of those who smoke, 73.9% were male, 78% were in their clinical years of study, 82.6% had smoked at a younger age and had tried other types of tobacco products (21.7%). It was also revealed that 43.5% will smoke when offered by friends and will continue to smoke within a year (56.5%) but not in five years (69.6%) from now (p
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