YONG-KWEI TSAUMENG-YAO LUYEN-HSUAN NI2020-12-162020-12-1620010272-6386https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0034908790&doi=10.1053%2fajkd.2001.26112&partnerID=40&md5=60884a4647f62fee878acabda9ace90ehttps://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/526482Intensive care units (ICUs) are increasingly becoming a focal point for tension between medical specialists. In an extreme approach to this issue, some ICUs have become closed units managed by intensivists, with other specialists, such as nephrologists, having a restricted supportive role. The nephrologist, a subspecialist with broad skills in general internal medicine, has trained and appropriately can serve as the primary physician for patients with significant renal failure and end-stage renal disease in multiple hospital settings, including the ICU. Sick and complex hospitalized patients offer ample opportunity for a collaborative interaction between the nephrologist and intensivist in the ICU. ? 2001 by the National Kidney Foundation, Inc.[SDGs]SDG3acute kidney failure; article; chronic kidney failure; clinical practice; critical illness; human; intensive care unit; medical specialist; nephrology; patient care; teamworkjournal article10.1053/ajkd.2001.26112114791742-s2.0-0034908790