title: [Kidney and smoking: literature review and focus].
abstract: Smoking remains a major public health problem. It is associated with a considerable number of deaths in the world's population. Smoking is just like high blood pressure, an independent predictor of progression to any primary renal disease and renal transplant patients. It seems that smoking cessation slows the progression of kidney disease in smokers. The literature data are sometimes contradictory about it because of some methodological weaknesses. However, experimental models highlight the harmful effects of tobacco by hemodynamic and non-hemodynamic factors. The conclusion is that a major effort should be further produced by the nephrology community to motivate our patients to stop smoking.
authors: Division de néphrologie et d'hypertension, département de médecine interne, université de Lausanne, centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, avenue du Bugnon 21, 1011 Lausanne, Suisse. Olivier.Phan@chuv.ch
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Phan
authors: Youssef
authors: Y
authors: El Housseini
authors: Michel
authors: M
authors: Burnier
authors: Bruno
authors: B
authors: Vogt
mesh_terms: D018450:Disease Progression; D006801:Humans; D007668:Kidney / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016540:Smoking Cessation / Q000379:methods*