ASA classification (anaethes..)

Question 1

ASA I

Answer 1

normal healthy patient

healthy, non-smoking, no or minimal alcohol

Question 2

ASA II

Answer 2

mild systemic disease

• current smoker
• social alcohol drinker
• pregnancy
• obesity - BMI 30-40
• well controleld diabetes/hypertension
• mild lung disease

Question 3

ASA III

Answer 3

patient with severe systemic disease

• poor control diabetes/hypertension
• COPD
• morbid obesity (>40)
• active hepatitis
• end stage renal disease, undergoing sceduled dialysis
• MI >3months ago

Question 4

ASA IV

Answer 4

severe sytemic disease, contant threat to life

• recent MI (<3months)
• CVA
• sevre valve dysfunction
• sepsis
• DIC
• ESRD not undergoing dialysis

Question 5

ASA V

Answer 5

moribund patient not expected to survive without operation

• ruptured AAA
• big trauma
• intracranial bleed
• multiple organ dysfunction

Question 6

ASA VI

Answer 6

a declared brain dead patient whose organs being removed for donor purposes

Question 7

poorly controlled asthma

Answer 7

ASA III