Abbreviations and Acronyms
Kidney International Supplements (2012) 2, 5; doi:10.1038/kisup.2012.
- AAMI
- American Association of Medical Instrumentation
- ACCP
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- American College of Chest Physicians
- ACD-A
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- Anticoagulant dextrose solution A
- ACE-I
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- Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(s)
- ADQI
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- Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative
- AHCPR
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- Agency for Health Care Policy and Research
- AKD
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- Acute kidney diseases and disorders
- AKI
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- Acute kidney injury
- AKIN
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- Acute Kidney Injury Network
- ANP
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- Atrial natriuretic peptide
- aPTT
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- Activated partial thromboplastin time
- ARB
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- Angiotensin-receptor blocker(s)
- ARF
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- Acute renal failure
- ARFTN
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- Acute Renal Failure Trial Network
- ATN
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- Acute tubular necrosis
- AUC
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- Area under the curve
- BMI
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- Body mass index
- BUN
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- Blood urea nitrogen
- CDC
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- Centers for Disease Control
- CHF
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- Congestive heart failure
- CI
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- Confidence interval
- CI-AKI
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- Contrast-induced acute kidney injury
- CIT
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- Conventional insulin therapy
- CKD
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- Chronic kidney disease
- CrCl
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- Creatinine clearance
- CRF
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- Chronic renal failure
- CRRT
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- Continuous renal replacement therapy
- CT
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- Computed tomography
- CVC
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- Central venous catheters
- CVVH
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- Continuous venovenous hemofiltration
- CVVHDF
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- Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration
- eCrCl
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- Estimated creatinine clearance
- EGDT
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- Early goal-directed therapy
- eGFR
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- Estimated glomerular filtration rate
- ERT
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- Evidence Review Team
- ESRD
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- End-stage renal disease
- FDA
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- Food and Drug Administration
- GFR
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- Glomerular filtration rate
- HDF
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- Hemodiafiltration
- HES
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- Hydroxyethylstarch
- HF
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- Hemofiltration
- HIT
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- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- HR
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- Hazard ratio
- i.a.
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- Intraarterial
- ICU
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- Intensive-care unit
- IGF-1
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- Insulin-like growth factor-1
- IHD
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- Intermittent hemodialysis
- IIT
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- Intensive insulin therapy
- i.v.
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- Intravenous
- KDIGO
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- Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes
- KDOQI
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- Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative
- LOS
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- Length of stay
- MDRD
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- Modification of Diet in Renal Disease
- MI
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- Myocardial infarction
- MIC
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- Minimum inhibitory concentration
- MRI
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- Magnetic resonance imaging
- MW
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- Molecular weight
- NAC
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- N-acetylcysteine
- NICE-SUGAR
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- Normoglycemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation
- NKD
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- No known kidney disease
- NKF
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- National Kidney Foundation
- NSF
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- Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis
- OR
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- Odds ratio
- PD
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- Peritoneal dialysis
- PICARD
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- Program to Improve Care in Acute Renal Disease
- RCT
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- Randomized controlled trial
- RIFLE
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- Risk, Injury, Failure; Loss, End-Stage Renal Disease
- RR
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- Relative risk
- RRT
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- Renal replacement therapy
- SAFE
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- Saline vs. Albumin Fluid Evaluation
- SCr
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- Serum creatinine
- ScvO2
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- Central venous oxygen saturation
- SLED
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- Sustained low-efficiency dialysis
- TCC
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- Tunneled cuffed catheter
- VISEP
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- Efficacy of Volume Substitution and Insulin Therapy in Severe Sepsis