Table 1.
Abbreviations
| ACCP/SCCM | American College of Chest Physicians/Society of Critical Care Medicine |
| AKI | Acute Kidney Injury |
| AKIN | Acute Kidney Injury Network |
| ALI | Acute Lung Injury |
| APC | Activated Protein C |
| ARDS | Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome |
| ARDSNet | Acute Respiratory Syndrome Clinical Trials Network |
| BNx | Bilateral Nephrectomy |
| CHIF | Channel Inducing Factor |
| CO | Cardiac Output |
| DIC | Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation |
| GFAP | Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein |
| GFR | Glomerular Filtration Rate |
| GM-CSF | Granulocyte Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor |
| HSC | Hepatic Stellate Cells |
| ICAM | Inter-Cellular Adhesion Molecule |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IIT | Intensive Insulin Therapy |
| IL | Interleukin |
| INF-γ | Interferon-gamma |
| iNOS | Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase |
| IRI | Ischemia Reperfusion Injury |
| KC | Keratinocyte Chemoattractant |
| LPS | Lipopolysaccharide |
| LV | Left Ventricle |
| M2AA | Methyl-2-Acetamidoacrylate |
| MIP-2 | Macrophage Inflammatory Protein-2 |
| MOF | Multiple Organ Failure |
| NF-κβ | Nuclear Factor Kappa Beta |
| NSQIP | National Surgical Quality Improvement Project |
| PEEP | Positive End-Expiratory Pressure |
| PICARD | Program to Improve Care in Acute Renal Disease |
| RBF | Renal Blood Flow |
| RIFLE | Risk Injury Failure Loss Endstage Renal Disease |
| RRT | Renal Replacement Therapy |
| Saa3 | Serum Amyloid A 3 |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| SOAP | Sepsis Occurrence in Acutely Ill Patients |
| Th | T Helper Cell |
| TNF-α | Tumor Necrosis Factor Alpha |