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. 2023 Feb 3;12(3):1239. doi: 10.3390/jcm12031239
ACT Activated Clotting Time
AKI Acute Kidney Injury
BE Base Excess
BIS Bispectral Index
CRRT Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy
CVVHD Continuous Veno-Venous Hemodiafiltration
CI Cardiac Index
CO Cardiac Output
DO2 Delivery of Oxygen
ECLS Extra Corporeal Life Support
EASL European Association for the Study of the Liver
ECMO Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
EF Ejection Fraction
ERS European Respiratory Society
ESC European Society of Cardiology
ESLD End-Stage Liver Disease
FiO2 Fractional inspired Oxygen
Fr French
Hb Haemoglobin
HCO3- Bicarbonate
HFNC High Flow Nasal Cannula
HPS Hepato-Pulmonary Syndrome
HVPG Hepatic Venous Pressure Gradient
ICU Intensive Care Unit
INR International Normalized Ratio
ILTS International Liver Transplant Society
LT Liver Transplantation
MAP Mean Arterial Pressure
MELD Model for End-Stage Liver Disease
MELD-Na A variant of the MELD score that includes sodium levels in the calculation
NO Nitric Oxide
NYHA New York Heart Association
NIRS Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
PAC Pulmonary Artery Catheter
PAH Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
PaO2 Partial Pressure of Oxygen in arterial blood
PCO2 Partial Pressure of Carbon Dioxide
PAWP Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure
P/F ratio PaO2 to FiO2dPAP = diastolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure
mPAP mean Pulmonary Artery Pressure
sPAP systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure
pH potential of Hydrogen
POD Post-Operative Day
PoPH Porto-Pulmonary Hypertension
PVR Pulmonary Vascular Resistance
PVRI Pulmonary Vascular Resistance Index
RHC Right-Heart Catheterization
ROTEM Rotational Thromboelastometry
RRT Renal Replacement Therapy
ScvO2 Central Venous Oxygen Saturation
SVR Systemic Vascular Resistance
TEE Trans-Esophageal Echocardiography
TEG Thromboelastography
TTE Trans-Thoracic Echocardiography
VV ECMO Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
VA ECMO Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
WHO Word Health Organization