| AIS | Abbreviated Injury Score |
| ACS | American College of Surgeons |
| APACH | Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation |
| BT | Boarding time |
| CRRT | Continuous renal replacement therapy |
| CI | Confidence interval |
| ED | Emergency department |
| EDLOS | Emergency department length of stay |
| GCS | Glasgow Coma Scale |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases |
| ICU | Intensive care unit |
| IHM | In-hospital mortality |
| ISS | Injury Severity Score |
| KTAS | Korean Triage and Acuity Scale |
| LOS | Length of stay |
| MAP | Mean arterial blood pressure |
| MV | Mechanical ventilation |
| MA | Meta-analysis |
| MEWS | Modified Early Warning Score |
| NOS | Newcastle–Ottawa Quality Assessment Scale |
| NEWS | National Early Warning Score |
| NIH-SS | NIH Stroke Scale |
| OR | Odds ratio |
| PRISMA | Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses |
| RTS | Revised Trauma Score |
| SAPS | Simplified Acute Physiology Score |
| SOFA | Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |
| TRISS | Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System |
| TISSS | Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System Score |