ARDS	Acute respiratory distress syndrome
aRR	Adjusted relative risk
AuROC	Area under the receiver operating characteristic
BMI	Body mass index
BUN	Blood urea nitrogen
CBC	Complete blood count
CRP	C-reactive protein
CRRT	Continuous renal replacement therapy
DAGs	Directed acyclic graphs
ESR	Erythrocyte sedimentation rate
fL	flamtoliter
HR	Hazard ratio
ICU	Intensive care unit
IQR	Interquartile range
LOS	Length of stay
MCV	Mean corpuscular volume
MOD	Multi-organ dysfunction
MPV	Mean platelet volume
MV	Mechanical ventilation
NPV	Negative predictive value
PCR	Polymerase chain reaction
PCT	Platelet-crit
PDW	Platelet distribution width
PELOD-2	Pediatric Logistic Organ Dysfunction-2
PICU	Pediatric intensive care unit
PIM-2	Pediatric Index of Mortality 2
PPV	Positive predictive value
RBC	Red blood cell
RDW	Red blood cell distribution width
ROC	Receiver operating characteristic
RR	Relative risk
SD	Standard deviation
TNF-α	Tumor necrosis factor-α
WBC	White blood cell