| AP | Acute pancreatitis |
| APACHE | Acute physiology and chronic health evaluation |
| AUC | Area under the curve |
| BISAP | Bedside index of severity in acute pancreatitis |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| CECT | Contrast-enhanced computed tomography |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| HAMP | Hepcidin antimicrobial peptide |
| IL | Interleukin |
| L | Lymphocyte |
| LEAP | Liver-expressed antimicrobial peptide |
| M | Monocyte |
| MMS | Modified Marshall score |
| MRI | Magnetic resonance imaging |
| N | Neutrophil |
| NLR | Neutrophil–lymphocyte ratio |
| NPV | Negative predictive value |
| NS | Not significant |
| PCT | Procalcitonin |
| PEP | Post-endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography pancreatitis |
| PLR | Platelet–lymphocyte ratio |
| PPV | Positive predictive value |
| QT | Chemotherapy |
| RAC | Revised Atlanta classification |
| ROC | Received operating characteristics |
| SD | Standard deviation |
| Se | Sensibility |
| SIRI | Systemic inflammatory response index |
| SIRS | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
| Sp | Specificity |
| STAT | Signal transducer and activator of transcription |
| US | Ultrasound |
| WBC | White blood count |