ASA Categories

Question 1

What are ASA categories?

Answer 1

American Society of Anaesthesiologists Physical Status Classification System
Human framework modified for animals
Standardised method of documenting patient risk
Assigned to every animal undergoing anaesthesia

Question 2

How many ASA categories are there?

Answer 2

6
Class 1-5 then E

Question 3

Class 1

Answer 3

Minimal risk of a normal healthy patient with no underlying disease

Question 4

Class 2

Answer 4

Slight risk of a slight to mild systemic disease
Neonates
Geriatrics
Obesity

Question 5

Class 3

Answer 5

Moderate risk
Obvious systemic disease
Anemia
Moderate dehydration
Fever
Low-grade heart murmur or cardiac disease

Question 6

Class 4

Answer 6

High risk with severe, systemic, life-threatening disease
Severe dehydration
Shock
Uremia
Toxemia
High fever
Uncompensated heart disease
Uncompensated diabetes
Pulmonary disease
Emaciation

Question 7

Class 5

Answer 7

Extreme risk, moribund
Patient will probably die with or without surgery
Advance cases of heart
Kidney
Liver or endocrine disease
Profound shock
Severe trauma
Pulmonary embolus
Terminal malignancy

Question 8

Class E

Answer 8

Emergency
Can be attached to each class in case of emergency surgery