ASA CLASSIFICATION
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CLASS |
DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
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I |
The patient is normal and healthy |
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II |
The patient has mild systemic disease that does not limit their activities (e.g., controlled hypertension or controlled diabetes without systemic sequellae) |
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III |
The patient has moderate or severe systemic disease, which does limit their activities (e.g., stable angina or diabetes with systemic sequellae). |
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IV |
The patient has severe systemic disease that is a constant potential threat to life (e.g., severe congestive heart failure, end-stage renal failure). |
|
V |
The patient is morbid and is at substantial risk of death within 24 hours, with or |
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E |
Emergency status: In addition to indicating underlying ASA status (1-5), any patient undergoing an emergency procedure is indicated by the suffix "E". For example, a fundamentally healthy patient undergoing an emergency procedure is classified as 1-E. If the patient is undergoing an elective procedure, the "E" designation is not used. |
The American Society of Anesthesiologists’(ASA) physical status classification serves as guide to better communication among anesthesiologists about clinical conditions of patients, in the way to predict their anesthetic/surgical risks -as higher ASA class, as higher the risks.
