| ASA | American Society of Anesthesiologists |
| BE | Base Excess |
| BB | Buffer Base |
| BMI | Body Mass Index |
| BP | Blood Pressure |
| CI | Confidence Interval |
| Cm | Centimeter |
| CO | Cardiac Output |
| ctCO2 | Total Carbon Dioxide Content |
| G | Gram |
| HL | Hodges–Lehmann |
| HCO3− | Bicarbonate |
| HR | Heart Rate |
| IQR | Interquartile Range |
| MCID | Minimal Clinically Important Difference |
| MDES | Minimal Detectable Effect Size |
| Min | Minute |
| NA | Norepinephrine |
| NE | Norepinephrine |
| pCO2 | Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide |
| pO2 | Partial Pressure of Oxygen |
| SAB | Subarachnoid Block |
| satO2 | Oxygen Saturation |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| SPSS | Statistical Package for the Social Sciences |
| µg | Microgram |
| µg/kg/min | Microgram per kilogram per minute |
| A | Alpha |
| Δ | Delta |
| g (Hedges’) | Standardized Mean Difference |