Abstract
Anesthesia Preoperative evaluation holds a prime importance in improving overall patient outcomes and decreases hospital expenditure. The American Society of Anesthesiologists Physical Status scoring system ASA-PS was introduced 70 years back in clinical practice and it still holds the lime light for stratifying patient population and considering the risk index and mortality outcomes to warn the surgeon. How has it evolved since the passing years? We will see how over centuries it has evolved. ASA PS has been a significant predictor in depicting morbidity and mortality and evaluating peri-operative risks in patients going for surgery for clinicians, researchers, hospital administrators and government. Further addition of examples of modifying ASA PS status is necessary to make it more comprehensive and easier to use even for non-anesthetists to improve overall peri-operative morbidity and mortality.
 Key words: ASA PS (American Society of Anesthesiology Physical Status); Peri-operative outcomes
 Citation: Malik M, Urooj S, Imtiaz A, Arif AM. Evolution of ASA Physical status scoring system. Anaesth. pain intensive care 2021;25(2):225-232. DOI: 10.35975/apic.v25i2.1476
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