| AARC | APASL ACLF Research Consortium |
| ACLF | acute-on-chronic liver failure |
| APASL | the Asian Pacific Association for the Study of the Liver |
| CI | confidence interval |
| DM | diabetes mellitus |
| EASL-CLIF | the European Association for the Study of the Liver–chronic liver failure |
| HBV | hepatitis B |
| HCV | hepatitis C |
| HR | hazard ratio |
| INR | international normalized ratio |
| MELD | Model for End-Stage Liver Disease |
| NASCELD | the North American Consortium for the Study of End-Stage Liver Disease |
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