DO YOU KNOW?
A social drinker is ASA II
A smoker is ASA II
Pregnant patient is ASA II
Obese patient is ASA II
Morbid obesity is not ASA II, but ASA III
Alcohol dependence without any documented systemic illness is also ASA III
Premature infant is ASA III
ESRD with regular HD is ASA III
ESRD without regular HD is ASA IV
Evidence of Sepsis or DIC- ASA IV
Intracranial bleed with mass effect is ASA V
A cardiac patient with bowel ischemia is ASA V
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