| RR | rate ratio |
| AP | acute pancreatitis |
| CI | confidence interval |
| BMI | body mass index |
| APACHE II | acute physiology and chronic health evaluation |
| SIRS | systemic inflammatory response syndrome. |
| RCT | randomized controlled trial |
| ENI | nutrition intolerance |
| NOS | the Newcastle–Ottawa scale |
| SMD | standardized mean differences |
| WHO | world health organization |
| GRV | gastric residual volume |
| GI | gastrointestinal |
| SAP | severe AP |