Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAMI

American Association of Medical Instrumentation

ACCP

American College of Chest Physicians

ACD-A

Anticoagulant dextrose solution A

ACE-I

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(s)

ADQI

Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative

AHCPR

Agency for Health Care Policy and Research

AKD

Acute kidney diseases and disorders

AKI

Acute kidney injury

AKIN

Acute Kidney Injury Network

ANP

Atrial natriuretic peptide

aPTT

Activated partial thromboplastin time

ARB

Angiotensin-receptor blocker(s)

ARF

Acute renal failure

ARFTN

Acute Renal Failure Trial Network

ATN

Acute tubular necrosis

AUC

Area under the curve

BMI

Body mass index

BUN

Blood urea nitrogen

CDC

Centers for Disease Control

CHF

Congestive heart failure

CI

Confidence interval

CI-AKI

Contrast-induced acute kidney injury

CIT

Conventional insulin therapy

CKD

Chronic kidney disease

CrCl

Creatinine clearance

CRF

Chronic renal failure

CRRT

Continuous renal replacement therapy

CT

Computed tomography

CVC

Central venous catheters

CVVH

Continuous venovenous hemofiltration

CVVHDF

Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration

eCrCl

Estimated creatinine clearance

EGDT

Early goal-directed therapy

eGFR

Estimated glomerular filtration rate

ERT

Evidence Review Team

ESRD

End-stage renal disease

FDA

Food and Drug Administration

GFR

Glomerular filtration rate

HDF

Hemodiafiltration

HES

Hydroxyethylstarch

HF

Hemofiltration

HIT

Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

HR

Hazard ratio

i.a.

Intraarterial

ICU

Intensive-care unit

IGF-1

Insulin-like growth factor-1

IHD

Intermittent hemodialysis

IIT

Intensive insulin therapy

i.v.

Intravenous

KDIGO

Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes

KDOQI

Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative

LOS

Length of stay

MDRD

Modification of Diet in Renal Disease

MI

Myocardial infarction

MIC

Minimum inhibitory concentration

MRI

Magnetic resonance imaging

MW

Molecular weight

NAC

N-acetylcysteine

NICE-SUGAR

Normoglycemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation

NKD

No known kidney disease

NKF

National Kidney Foundation

NSF

Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis

OR

Odds ratio

PD

Peritoneal dialysis

PICARD

Program to Improve Care in Acute Renal Disease

RCT

Randomized controlled trial

RIFLE

Risk, Injury, Failure; Loss, End-Stage Renal Disease

RR

Relative risk

RRT

Renal replacement therapy

SAFE

Saline vs. Albumin Fluid Evaluation

SCr

Serum creatinine

ScvO₂

Central venous oxygen saturation

SLED

Sustained low-efficiency dialysis

TCC

Tunneled cuffed catheter

VISEP

Efficacy of Volume Substitution and Insulin Therapy in Severe Sepsis