Renal function in admission of patients with sepsis in intensive care unit

Objective: To evaluate renal function, severity, prognosis at admission and outcome of patients with sepsis admitted to an Intensive Care Unit. Method: cross-sectional and retrospective study in which sociodemographic variables, severity scores and prognosis were raised. Renal function was assessed by the RIFLE score and the estimation of glomerular filtration rate. Results: 96 patients were included, of which 42 (43.7%) had normal renal function, 13 (13.5%) risk, 19 (19.7%) injury and 22 (22.9%) failure. Severity and prognostic scores were higher in patients with impaired renal function, but with no difference between patients with normal and altered renal function in relation to death. Conclusion: The evaluation of renal function on admission of patients with sepsis in the unit care showed that 56.2% had some alteration. In addition, patients with altered renal function were more severe and had a worse prognosis.