Why the study?
Does higher ASA-PS class predict post-operative medical complications and mortality in surgical patients?
Population
2,297,629 surgical cases from the ACS-NSQIP database (2005-2012), median age 55 (min = 16, max > 90)
Comparison
Higher American Society of Anesthesiologists… vs Lower ASA-PS class
Design
Cohort
Authors
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ASA-PS may guide perioperative risk stratification; leaves open prospective trials to test class-based interventions.
Does higher ASA-PS class predict post-operative medical complications and mortality in surgical patients?
The ASA-PS classification is a strong, independent predictor of post-operative morbidity and mortality across surgical procedures.
Hackett et al. (2015) studied this question.
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