Haemodynamincs Reading List

Haemodynamic Assessment Micro-Credential Haemodynamincs Reading List

Soni et al (editors). Point-of-Care Ultrasound (2rd edition, Elsevier, 2019) – chapters 17, 21, 22

[third edition was due in 2026 but not yet available]

Kenny, 2024 – Left ventricular outflow tract and carotid artery velocity-time integrals

Wong et al., 2024 – Venous Excess Ultrasound score during fluid removal in haemodialysis

Cheong et al., 2023 – Passive leg raising using carotid velocity-time integral to predict fluid responsiveness

CAROTID DOPPLER: CORRECTED FLOW TIME + VELOCITY-TIME INTEGRAL

Jung et al., 2021 – Carotid corrected flow time for predicting fluid responsiveness

Singla et al., 2023 – Corrected flow time and peak velocity variation: systematic review and meta-analysis

Mackenzie et al., 2015 – Carotid flow time changes with volume status in acute blood loss

Tang et al., 2024 – Corrected flow time and change in corrected flow time for fluid responsiveness

Walker et al., 2024 – Carotid ultrasound for fluid responsiveness: systematic review and meta-analysis

Korkan et al., 2026 – Carotid velocity-time integral during fluid resuscitation in the emergency department

VENOUS CONGESTION / VENOUS EXCESS ULTRASOUND

Beaubien-Souligny et al., 2024 – Ultrasound markers of organ congestion in critically ill patients with acute kidney injury

Rola et al., 2024 – Venous Excess Ultrasound: common misconceptions, clinical use and future directions

Klompmaker et al., 2026 – Diagnostic and prognostic value of Venous Excess Ultrasound: systematic review and meta-analysis

INFERIOR VENA CAVA & RIGHT ATRIAL PRESSURE

American Society of Echocardiography – Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination (inferior vena cava technique)

American Society of Echocardiography – Right Heart in Adults and Pulmonary Hypertension (2025)

Soliman-Aboumarie et al. – Cardiopulmonary Point of Care Ultrasound (Springer, 2023)

SHOCK INTEGRATION

Díaz-Gómez et al., 2025 – Society of Critical Care Medicine guideline on adult critical care ultrasonography

Perera et al., 2010 – The Rapid Ultrasound in Shock examination (background integration framework; abdominal aortic scanning is not part of this micro-credential)

American College of Emergency Physicians Sonoguide Rapid Ultrasound for Shock and Hypotension overview (use for shock integration; abdominal aortic scanning is excluded from this module)

OPEN-ACCESS / QUICK REFRESHERS (OPTIONAL)

The Point-of-Care Ultrasound Atlas – Image & Evidence Atlas

American College of Emergency Physicians Sonoguide – Cardiac and shock sections

British Medical Ultrasound Society – Medical ultrasound safety: thermal and mechanical indices

British Medical Ultrasound Society – Physics and safety statements

PRACTICE GUIDELINES & PROTOCOLS

American Society of Echocardiography – Comprehensive Transthoracic Echocardiographic Examination in Adults (2019)

American Society of Echocardiography – Right Heart in Adults and Pulmonary Hypertension (2025)

Society of Critical Care Medicine – Adult Critical Care Ultrasonography: Focused Update 2024 (published 2025)

Society of Radiographers / British Medical Ultrasound Society – Guidelines for Professional Ultrasound Practice, 9th edition, version 2 (2026)