摘要
objective:to evaluate the clinical outcome of acute renal failure (arf) patients when submitted to dialysis and non-dialysis treatments in icu. methods: this prospective study included patients over 18 years of age and serum creatinine of %26gt;1.5 mg/dl. the patients were included in dialysis and non-dialysis groups. results: the study included 70 patients, 19 (27.1%) comprised the dialysis group and 51 (72.9%) the non-dialysis group. in the dialysis group, mortality rate was 42.1% and in the non-dialysis group was 33.3% (p%26lt;0.58). conclusion: there were multifactors of arf in icu, but arf is not the single cause for the high mortality rate in icu patients.