Development and validation of a predictive model for American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status

• Main Authors: Seshadri C. Mudumbai (Author), Suzann Pershing (Author), Thomas Bowe (Author), Robin N. Kamal (Author), Erika D. Sears (Author), Andrea K. Finlay (Author), Dan Eisenberg (Author), Mary T. Hawn (Author), Yingjie Weng (Author), Amber W. Trickey (Author), Edward R. Mariano (Author), Alex H. S. Harris (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status (ASA-PS) classification system was developed to categorize the fitness of patients before surgery. Increasingly, the ASA-PS has been applied to other uses including justification of inpatient admission. Our objectives were...