Improving agreement of ASA physical status class between pre-anesthesia screening and day of surgery by adding institutional-specific and ASA-approved examples: a quality improvement project

Improving agreement of ASA physical status class between pre-anesthesia screening and day of surgery by adding institutional-specific and ASA-approved examples: a quality improvement project

Abstract Background A successful anesthesia pre-assessment clinic needs to identify patients who need further testing, evaluation, and optimization prior to the day of surgery to avoid delays and cancelations. Although the ASA Physical Status Classification system (ASA PS) has been used widely for o...

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Main Authors: Amr E. Abouleish, Sandhya R. Vinta, Sarah M. Shabot, Nikul V. Patel, Erin E. Hurwitz, Partha Krishnamurthy, Michelle Simon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
Subjects:
Perioperative care
Preoperative care
Anesthesia
Physical Status Classification
Quality improvement
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-020-00162-4

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