Impacto da Hemodiálise em pacientes críticos com insuficiência Renal em um hospital no Distrito Federal

Introduction: Hemodialysis (HD) initiation time play an important role in patients outcomes. Objective: To analyze the consequences of prolonged time to the start of HD in critically ill patients. Methods: Quantitative, analytical and retrospective, through the collection of data in the electronic medic al records of hospitalized patients. Results: About 41.66% (n=70) of the patients waited for a longer period than 24 hours for HD. The risk of death before HD is 5.15 times higher when the time until performing HD is after 24 hours. Conclusion: It is necessary to avoid this deaths with a new way to rethinking the management of health resources.