Data included comorbidities, body mass index (BMI), ASA classification and length of stay gleaned from electronic and paper medical charts. The researchers discovered the total average cost for ...

Take, for example, a morbidly obese patient with a BMI of 40. Due to the patient’s comorbidity, they represent higher risk to the anesthesia provider, and a designation of ASA 3 is appropriate to ...

In doing so, the AMA went against its Council on Science and Public Health, which had been studying the issue for a year and which rejected the disease classification due to its conclusion that the ...