ALI = acute lung injury
ARDS = acute / adult respiratory distress syndrome
AHRF = acute hypoxemic respiratory failure
AECC = American – European concensus conference
TRALI = transfusion related acute lung injury
VILI = ventilator induced lung injury
ARF-k = acute renal failure (- kidney)
CRF-k = chronic renal failure (-kidney)
ARF-p = acute respiratory failure – pulmonary
CHF = congestive heart failure
CABG = coronary artery bypass graft
AVR = aortic valve repair / replace
MVR = mitral valve repair / replace
TVR = tricuspid valve repair / regurgitation
AI = aortic insufficiency
AMI = acute myocardial infarction
PTCA = percutaneous transluminal coronary angiography
ECMO = extra-corporeal membrane oxygenation
ECLS = extrac-corporeal life support
RSI = rapid sequence intubation
FOB = fiber optic bronchoscopy
FOI = fiber optic intubation
EBL = endo bronchial lavage
HR = heart rate
BP = blood pressure
SBP = systolic blood pressure
DBP = diastolic blood pressure
PA = pulmonary artery pressure
PA-S = systolic pulmonary artery pressure
PA-D = diastolic pulmonary artery pressure
PA-M = mean pulmonary artery pressure
CVP = central venous pressure
CO = cardiac output
CI = cardiac index
SVR = systemic vascular resistance
PVR = pulmonary vascular resistance
MAP = mean arterial pressure
MAP = MawP = Pawx = mean airway pressure