ASA PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION, NEEDS TO BE REVISED?

ASA PHYSICAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION, NEEDS TO BE REVISED?

The American  Society of Anaesthesiology classification of  physical status(ASA) is still  used  widely as a scoring system to assess the fitness of  patients subjected to anaesthesia and surgery. The scoring  system was devised to assess the physical status of patients before anaesthesia is planned and was applied uniformly for all patients.The grading system was  useful for record  keeping and for statistical analysis of patients' health status who were scheduled for  administration of anaesthesia.This  grading system is not indicated  for prediction of operative risk.