Perioperative: ASA Classifications Flashcards

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ASA I

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Normal, healthy patient

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Which stage of ASA?

Healthy, non-smoking, no / minimal alcohol use

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ASA I

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ASA II

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Patient with mild systemic disease

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Which stage of ASA?

Mild disease only without substantive functional changes. (Smoker, social alcohol drinker, pregnancy, obesity, well-controlled DM/HTN, mild lung disease)

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ASA II

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ASA III

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Patient with severe systemic disease

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Which stage of ASA?

Substantive functional changes with one or more moderate-to-severe diseases (poorly controlled DM/HTN, COPD, morbid obesity, active hepatitis, alcohol dependence, implanted pacemaker, moderate reduction of cardiac ejection fraction)

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ASA III

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ASA IV

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Patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life

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Which stage of ASA?

Recent (<3 mo) MI, CVA, TIA, ongoing cardiac ischemia or severe valve dysfunction, sepsis, ESRD w/o dialysis)

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ASA IV

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ASA V

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Moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation

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Which stage of ASA?

Patient with ruptured abdominal / thoracic aneurysm, massive trauma, intracranial bleed with mass effect, ischemic bowel with significant cardiac pathology

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ASA V

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ASA VI

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Patient who has been declared brain dead whose organs are being removed for donor purposes

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