| adjDW | Adjusted dosing weight |
| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists score |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| AUC/MIC | AUC over 24 h divided by the minimum inhibitory concentration |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CABG | Coronary artery bypass grafting |
| CART | Classification and regression tree (analysis) |
| CCI | Charlson comorbidity index |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| Cmax | Maximum concentration |
| Cmax/MIC | Maximum concentration divided by the minimum inhibitory concentration |
| CPB | Cardiopulmonary bypass |
| CTA | Cumulative target attainment |
| ƒ | Free or unbound (i.e., not bound to protein) |
| FTA | Fractional target attainment |
| HPLC | High-performance liquid chromatography |
| MIC | Minimum inhibitory concentration |
| MSSA | Methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PD | Pharmacodynamic |
| PJI | Prosthetic joint infection |
| PK | Pharmacokinetic |
| PKPD | Pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic |
| ROC | Receiver operating characteristic (curve) |
| SAP | Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis |
| %T>MIC | Percentage of the dosing interval that concentrations exceed the minimum inhibitory concentration |
| Tmax | Time to maximum concentration |
| t½ | Half-life |
| Vd | Volume of distribution |