Abbreviations and Acronyms

AAMI American Association of Medical Instrumentation ACCP American College of Chest Physicians ACD-A Anticoagulant dextrose solution A ACE-I Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor(s) ADQI Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative AHCPR Agency for Health Care Policy and Research AKD Acute kidney diseases and disorders AKI Acute kidney injury AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network ANP Atrial natriuretic peptide aPTT Activated partial thromboplastin time ARB Angiotensin-receptor blocker(s) ARF Acute renal failure ARFTN Acute Renal Failure Trial Network ATN Acute tubular necrosis AUC Area under the curve BMI Body mass index BUN Blood urea nitrogen CDC Centers for Disease Control CHF Congestive heart failure CI Confidence interval CI-AKI Contrast-induced acute kidney injury CIT Conventional insulin therapy CKD Chronic kidney disease CrCl Creatinine clearance CRF Chronic renal failure CRRT Continuous renal replacement therapy CT Computed tomography CVC Central venous catheters CVVH Continuous venovenous hemofiltration CVVHDF Continuous venovenous hemodiafiltration eCrCl Estimated creatinine clearance EGDT Early goal-directed therapy eGFR Estimated glomerular filtration rate ERT Evidence Review Team ESRD End-stage renal disease FDA Food and Drug Administration GFR Glomerular filtration rate HDF Hemodiafiltration HES Hydroxyethylstarch HF Hemofiltration HIT Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia HR Hazard ratio i.a. Intraarterial ICU Intensive-care unit IGF-1 Insulin-like growth factor-1 IHD Intermittent hemodialysis IIT Intensive insulin therapy i.v. Intravenous KDIGO Kidney Disease: Improving Global Outcomes KDOQI Kidney Disease Outcomes Quality Initiative LOS Length of stay MDRD Modification of Diet in Renal Disease MI Myocardial infarction MIC Minimum inhibitory concentration MRI Magnetic resonance imaging MW Molecular weight NAC N-acetylcysteine NICE-SUGAR Normoglycemia in Intensive Care Evaluation and Survival Using Glucose Algorithm Regulation NKD No known kidney disease NKF National Kidney Foundation NSF Nephrogenic Systemic Fibrosis OR Odds ratio PD Peritoneal dialysis PICARD Program to Improve Care in Acute Renal Disease RCT Randomized controlled trial RIFLE Risk, Injury, Failure; Loss, End-Stage Renal Disease RR Relative risk RRT Renal replacement therapy SAFE Saline vs. Albumin Fluid Evaluation SCr Serum creatinine ScvO2 Central venous oxygen saturation SLED Sustained low-efficiency dialysis TCC Tunneled cuffed catheter VISEP Efficacy of Volume Substitution and Insulin Therapy in Severe Sepsis http://www.kidney-international.org