| POC-Echo | Point-of-Care Echocardiography |
| qSOFA | quick Sequential Organ Failure Assessment |
| SIRS | Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome |
| EWS | Early Warning Score |
| SV | Stroke Volume |
| SVV | Stroke Volume Variation |
| LVOT | Left Ventricular Outflow Tract |
| VTI | Velocity Time Integral |
| VTI-LVOT | Velocity Time Integral measured at the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract |
| VTI-VeXUS | VTI-Venous Excess Ultrasound Score |
| IVC | Inferior Vena Cava |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| LV | Left Ventricle |
| RV | Right Ventricle |
| LVEF | Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction |
| TAPSE | Tricuspid Annular plane systolic excursion |
| MRI | Magnetic Resonance Imaging |
| CMR | Cardiac Magnetic Resonance |