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A simple subclassification of American Society of Anesthesiology III patients undergoing peripheral revascularization based on functional capacity
Journal of Vascular Surgery, 04/15/08
Dosluoglu HH et al. - Functional capacity assessment is an integral part of routine preoperative anesthesia evaluation, and we found this to be very reliable in predicting postoperative morbidity and mortality as well as overall survival in ASA III patients undergoing peripheral revascularization. This simple modification allows ASA III patients (approximately 80% of vascular patients) to be unbundled into two very distinct subgroups, which will potentially lead to a more accurate preoperative risk assessment.
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