| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| CCI | Charlson Comorbidity Index |
| CDARS | Clinical Data Analysis and Reporting System |
| CKD | Chronic Kidney Disease |
| COPD | Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| DM | Diabetes Mellitus |
| eGFR | Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| ESKD | End-Stage Kidney Disease |
| HA | Hospital Authority |
| HIV | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| IQR | Inter-Quartile Range |
| IRB | Institutional Review Board |
| RIFLE | Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss of kidney function, and End-stage kidney disease |
| S.D. | Standard Deviation |