Surgery>>>>>Anesthesia for the Surgical PatientQuestion 7#P3 of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system is which of the follow:
A. A normal healthy patient
B. A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without operation
C. A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life
D. A patient with severe systemic disease
Correct Answer is
DComment:American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status classification system
- PI: A normal healthy patient.
- P2: A patient with mild systemic disease.
- P3: A patient with severe systemic disease.
- P4: A patient with severe systemic disease that is a constant threat to life.
- P5: A moribund patient who is not expected to survive without the operation.
- P6: A declared brain-dead patient whose organs are being removed for donor purposes.