Outcomes after neurosurgical operations in American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status (ASA) class 5 patients

Variability in the American Society of Anesthesiologists (asa) Physical Status (ps) Classifcation Scale

Variabelity in the American Society Op Anesthesiologists (asa) Physical Status (ps) Classifcatton Scale

The ASA PS classification is used world-wide by anesthesia providers to assess the preoperative PS of patients. This score is used in many areas of anesthesia including administrative policy-making, performance evaluations, resource allocation and reimbursement of anesthesia services. In addition, it is cited as a variable in virtually all research related to anesthesia and in many other areas ...

Editorial: The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification system and its utilization for dental patient evaluation.

Patient care efficacy and safety of the patient during dental treatment is of paramount importance to all those providing dental care – the dentists, dental hygienists, public health dental hygienists, dental assistants, and the expanded function dental assistants. The demographics of a dental patient have changed considerably in the recent past, as the typical life span of population has incre...

Sarcopenia and American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status in the Assessment of Outcomes of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Undergoing Hepatectomy.

Sarcopenia following liver surgery has been reported as a predictor of poor prognosis. Here we investigated predictors of outcomes in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and attempted to establish a new comprehensive preoperative assessment protocol. We retrospectively analyzed the cases of 254 patients who underwent curative hepatectomy for HCC with Child-Pugh classification A at our ...

Reliability of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scale in clinical practice

BACKGROUND Previous studies, which relied on hypothetical cases and chart reviews, have questioned the inter-rater reliability of the ASA physical status (ASA-PS) scale. We therefore conducted a retrospective cohort study to evaluate its inter-rater reliability and validity in clinical practice. METHODS The cohort included all adult patients (≥18 yr) who underwent elective non-cardiac surgery...