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Fig. 1 | Perioperative Medicine

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From: Improving agreement of ASA physical status class between pre-anesthesia screening and day of surgery by adding institutional-specific and ASA-approved examples: a quality improvement project

Fig. 1

Distribution of ASA PS assignment. In the pre-intervention period, only the ASA PS definitions were available. In the post-intervention period, in addition to the definitions, ASA-approved and institutional-specific examples were available. APAC ASA PS assignment was done based on chart review with or without telephone interview by anesthesiology faculty, anesthesiology resident, or non-anesthesia-trained nurse working in pre-anesthesia assessment clinic. DOS ASA PS assignment made by the anesthesiologist as part of the pre-anesthesia evaluation on the day of the surgery

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Perioperative Medicine

ISSN: 2047-0525