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Evolution of ASA Physical status scoring system

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Mehreen Malik South City Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan
Sana Urooj Department of Anesthesiology, Civil Hospital Karachi, Pakistan
Aftab Imtiaz Department of Anesthesiology, Abbasi Shaheed Hospital/Karachi Medical & Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan.
Arif Muhammad Arif Anesthesiology, Abbassi Shaheed Hospital Karachi, Pakistan.
Abstract
Anesthesia Preoperative evaluation holds a prime importance in improving overall patient outcomes and decreases hospital expenditure. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status scoring system ASA-PS was introduced 70 years back in clinical practice and it still holds the lime light for stratifying patient population and considering the risk index and mortality outcomes to warn the surgeon. How has it evolved since the passing years? We will see how over centuries it has evolved. ASA PS has been a significant predictor in depicting morbidity and mortality and evaluating peri-operative risks in patients going for surgery for clinicians, researchers, hospital administrators and government. Further addition of examples of modifying ASA PS status is necessary to make it more comprehensive and easier to use even for non-anesthetists to improve overall peri-operative morbidity and mortality.
Publication Details
Page(s) 225-232
DOI 10.35975/apic.v25i2.1476
Published Journal: Anaesthesia, Pain and Intensive Care, Volume: 25, Issue: 2, Year: 2021

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Keywords
ASA PS (American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status), Peri-operative outcomes
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