| Acronyms | Meaning |
| AP | acute pancreatitis |
| AAP | alcoholic acute pancreatitis |
| CDC | Center for Disease Control |
| GDP | gross domestic product |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| IRB | institutional review board |
| LoS | length of stay (days) |
| OAP | all other known cause acute pancreatitis |
| RAP | recurrent acute pancreatitis |
| RON | ISO code of Romanian Leu (Romanian national currency) |
| SAP | severe acute pancreatitis |
| WON | walled-off necrosis |