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Table 1 American Society of Anesthetists (ASA) classification

From: Typhoid intestinal perforations at a University teaching hospital in Northwestern Tanzania: A surgical experience of 104 cases in a resource-limited setting

ASA class

Description

I

Healthy individual with no systemic disease

II

Mild systemic disease not limiting activity

III

Severe systemic disease that limits activity but is not incapacitating

IV

Incapacitating systemic disease which is constantly life threatening

V

Moribund, not expected to survive 24 hours with or without operation

  1. Note: E is added to the class when the case is an emergency e.g. IIE refers to ASA class scheduled for emergency surgery