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Table 1 American Society of Anaesthesiologists grading

From: Preventing hypothermia in elective arthroscopic shoulder surgery patients: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial

ASA

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 surgery