Review Article

Cigarette Smoking and Its Hazards in Kidney Transplantation

Table 1

Summary of previous publications on implication of cigarette smoking in kidney donors.

NumberAuthorJournal/yearConclusion

(1)Segev et al. [23]JAMA/2010Higher death rate in kidney donors with cigarette smoking

(2)Patel et al. [24]Transplantation/2008More perioperative complications

(3)Mjøen et al. [25]Transplantation/2009More postoperative wound infections

(4)Ommen et al. [26]Am J Transplant/2011Less likely to provide follow-up information requested by transplant centers

(5)Robert et al. [27]J Crit Care/2010No impact on delayed graft function

(6)Heldt et al. [28]AdvUrol/2011(1) Active smoker or past history of smoking has high creatinine at end of 1 year as compared to the nonsmoker.
(2) Recipients had higher creatinine and lower GFR

(7)Underwood et al. [29]Clin Transplant/2014(1) No difference in postoperative complications 
(2) No effect on graft survival 
(3) Reduced recipient survival if donor was a smoker

(8)Keles et al. [30]Transplant Proc/2015Significant drop in cigarette smoking from 47% to 29% after kidney donation