American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status Classification as a reliable predictor of postoperative medical complications and mortality following ambulatory surgery: an analysis of 2,089,830 ACS-NSQIP outpatient cases

Abstract Background Seventy percent of surgical procedures are currently performed in the outpatient setting. Although the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) Physical Classification ability to predict risk has been evaluated for in-patient surgeries, an evaluation in outpatient surgeries ha...

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Main Authors: Colin Foley, Mark C. Kendall, Patricia Apruzzese, Gildasio S. De Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-05-01
Series:BMC Surgery
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12893-021-01256-6