The Relationship Between Pulmonary Emphysema and Kidney Function in Smokers

BACKGROUND: It has been reported that the prevalence of kidney dysfunction may be increased in patients exposed to tobacco with airflow obstruction. We hypothesized that kidney dysfunction would associate with emphysema rather than with airflow obstruction measured by the FEV(1). METHODS: Five hundr...

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Main Authors: Chandra, Divay, Stamm, Jason A., Palevsky, Paul M., Leader, Joseph K., Fuhrman, Carl R., Zhang, Yingze, Bon, Jessica, Duncan, Steven R., Branch, Robert A., Weissfeld, Joel, Gur, David, Gladwin, Mark T., Sciurba, Frank C.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American College of Chest Physicians 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3435137/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22459775
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1378/chest.11-1456
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