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Imagine you have a patient who has a ASA Class 3 classification: Type 1 Diabetes and Mild Angina. Identify which pre-surgical clearance tests you will order and explain why. Using Table 21-4, determine whether your patient may proceed to surgery. Remember, this is a hypothetical situation. You determine whether this is emergent or not—in other words, you choose your ending, but you need to be able to defend your selection in 250 words or less.
ASA stands for American Society of Anesthesiologists.It is a he assessment of patients fitness before surgery.It is also used in policy making, performance evaluation tool for audit, resource allocation, reimbursement of anaesthetic services
It is classified according to the pre existing medical conditions here the patient has Type 1 DM which is insulin dependent.ADA class 3 classification goes with severe systemic diseases and needs surgery as a corrective measurements.Tge surgical intervention like stenting can be done on elective basis.
The following are the most basic pre surgical clearance test like
It is an emergency situation where patient has to be provided immediate intervention to save his life from the life threatening situations.