Reliability of the American Society of Anesthesiologists physical status scale in clinical practice

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 424-432

  Sankar, A ^a   Johnson, S R ^b,c   Beattie, W S ^d   Tait, G ^d   Wijeysundera, D N ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c TorontoWestern Hospital   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Anaesthesiology; Health status; Reliability and validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS PHYSICAL STATUS SCALE; ANESTHESIOLOGY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCORING SYSTEM; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; VALIDITY; ADOLESCENT; CANADA; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANESTHESIOLOGY; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; ONTARIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907318684     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: 14716771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/aeu100     Document Type: Article

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