| SIRS | systemic inflammatory response syndrome |
| SOFA | sequential organ failure assessment |
| qSOFA | quick SOFA |
| APACHE evaluation | acute physiology and chronic health |
| PCT | procalcitonin |
| SD | standard deviation |
| BMI | body mass index |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| SAPS | simplified acute physiology score |
| COPD | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease |
| AP | arterial pressure |
| AKI | acute kidney injury |
| mmHg | millimeters of mercury |
| mg | milligram |
| dL | deciliter |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| mm3 | cubic millimeter |
| PaO2 | partial pressure of oxygen |
| FiO2 | fraction of inspired oxygen |
| ICU | intensive care unit |
| UTI | urinary tract infection |
| USF | Universidade São Francisco |
| QC | quality control |
| PCA | principal component analysis |
| AUC | area under curve |
| ROC | receiver operating characteristic |
| RF | random forest |
| MSI | Metabolomics Standards Initiative |
| QC-RFSC correction | quality control random forest based signal |
| IQR | interquartile range |
| MCCV | Monte Carlo cross-validation |
| MS | mass spectrometry |
| HMDB | Human Metabolome Database |
| PC | phosphatidylcholine |
| PG | phosphatidylglycerol |
| ANOVA | analysis of variance |
| UPLC | ultra performance liquid chromatography |
| ACN | MS data-independent acquisition |
| MSE | n acetonitrile |
| EDTA | ethylenediamine tetraacetic acid |
| QTOF | quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry |
| FAHFA | fatty acid esters of hydroxy fatty acids |
| TCA | tricarboxylic acid cycle |
| GSL | glycosphigolipids |
| LC-MS | liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry |