| APACHE II | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II |
| ARDS | Severe acute pneumonia-associated respiratory syndrome |
| AST | Aspartate aminotransferase |
| AUC | Area under the ROC curve |
| BMI | Body mass index |
| COVID-19 | Coronavirus disease 2019 |
| CK | Creatine kinase |
| CONUT | The controlling nutritional status score |
| CRP | C-reactive protein |
| GI | Gastrointestinal |
| GLIM | Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| IL | Interleukin |
| LDH | Lactate dehydrogenase |
| LOS | Length of stay |
| MNA | Mini Nutritional Assessment |
| MNA-sf | MNA-short form |
| mNUTRIC | Modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically ill |
| MUST | Malnutrition Universal Screening Tool |
| NR | Nutrition risk |
| NRI | Nutritional Risk Index |
| NRS-2002 | Nutrition Risk Screening 2002 |
| SARS-CoV-2 | Severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus-2 |
| SGA | Subjective Global Assessment |
| SOFA | Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |