Incid那ncia de insufici那ncia renal aguda na Unidade de Terapia Intensiva Neonatal de um hospital paulista

作者：Ferraz; Renato Ribeiro Nogueira; Deus; Rogerio Barbosa de

来源：ACTA Paulista de Enfermagem, 2009, 22(spe1): 497-500.

DOI：10.1590/S0103-21002009000800008

• renal insufficiency
• acute
• incidence
• intensive care units
• neonatal.

objectives: to describe the incidence of acute renal failure (arf) in the neonatal intensive care unit (nicu) of a hospital in sˋo paulo and to verify the use of the %26quot;risk of renal failure, injury to the kidney, failure of kidney function, loss of kidney function and end-stage renal failure (rifle)%26quot; classification for the allocation of the neonates. methods: review of medical records of neonates from april 4 to april 25, 2008. results: of the 19 admissions in the nicu, 10% were diagnosed as arf according to the rifle classification. the neonates diagnosed with arf were referred to the dialysis service. conclusion: although this study had a very small sample size, the findings indicate that arf represents 10% of the primary diagnosis among our sample of neonates admitted to the nicu. large and longer studies are necessary to evaluate the incidence of arf in the nicu.