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. 2022 Jan 12;10(1):153. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms10010153
ACE Angiotensin Converting Enzyme
ACTH Adrenocorticotropic Hormone
ADE Antibody-dependent Enhancement
AKI Acute Kidney Injury
Anti-GBM Anti-glomerular Basement Membrane Disease
ARB Angiotensin Receptor Blockers
ARDS Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome
ASN American Society of Nephrology
BMD Bone Mass Density
CDC United States Center for Disease Control
CIRCI Critical Illness-related Corticosteroid Insufficiency
CK Creatine kinase
COVID-19 Coronavirus Disease 2019
CRRT Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
CSF CerebroSpinal Fluid
CT Computed Tomography
CVD Cardiovascular Disease
CVT Cerebral Venus (sinus) Thrombosis
DIC Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
DPP4 Dipeptidyl Peptidase 4
DRA Dopamine Receptor Agonist
ERA-EDTA European Renal Association- European Dialysis and Transplant Association
ESS Euthyroid Sick Syndrome
FDA United States Food and Drug Administration
GAS Gender Affirming Surgeries
GBS Guillain-Barré syndrome
GH Growth Hormone
GI Gastrointestinal
HPA Hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal gland axis
IFN/ IFN-γ Interferon-gamma
IHD Intermittent Hemodialysis
MAC Membrane Attack Complex
MASP 1 MBP-associated serine protease 1
MASP 2 MBP-associated serine protease 2
MBP Mannan-binding protein
ME/CFS Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
MERS-CoV Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus
MIS-C Multi-system Inflammation Syndrome
MFS Miller Fisher syndrome
MRI Magnetic Resonance Imaging
NRP1 Neuropilin-1
N-protein SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid protein
PACS Post-acute COVID-19 Syndrome
PPE Personal Protective Equipment
PRS Proteomic Risk Score
RAAS Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System
RMD Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disorders
SARS-CoV-1 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 1
SARS-CoV-2 Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2
S-protein SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
TGNC Transgender and non-conforming individuals
TLR Toll-like Receptor
TMPRSS2 Transmembrane Serine Protease-2
VEM Viscoelastic Methods
VITT Vaccine-induced Immune Thrombocytopenia and Thrombosis
VOC Variants of Concern
VOI Variants of Interest
WHO World Health Organization