Explain the ASA Classification system

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

ASA Classification Patient Characteristics Examples of Conditions
ASA I Normal health patient
Can walk up two flights of stairs or walk two city blocks without shortness of breath
ASA II Mild systemic disease
Can walk up one flight of stairs or two level city blocks, but may have shortness of breath when walk completed Adult onset diabetes
Epilepsy
Blood pressure greater than 140/90
Uncontrolled asthma
Severe allergies
Pregnancy
ASA III Sever systemic disease that limits activity, but not incapacitating
Able to walk up one flight of stairs or one city block, but may have to stop during the walk due to shortness of breath Unstable angina
MI longer than 6 months ago
Well-controlled type 1 diabetes
Heart-failure
Blood pressure greater than 160/95
ASA IV Incapacitating systemic disease that is a constant threat to life
Unable to walk up a single flight of stairs or one city block and may have shortness of breath or respiratory distress at rest MI within in the past 6 months
Unstable angina
Heart failure
Uncontrolled diabetes
Uncontrolled epilepsy
Blood pressure greater than 200/115
ASA V Moribund patient not expected to survive 24 hours with or without operation