Dialysis patients who smoke are more hypertensive, more fluid overloaded and take more antihypertensive medications than nonsmokers.

Conclusions: Smoking may be a significant mediator of not only BP but also of chronic fluid overload in ESRD patents. Additional, larger studies are needed to explore the mechanistic link between smoking and volume overload. PMID: 32349634 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Renal Failure - Category: Urology & Nephrology Tags: Ren Fail Source Type: research