Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthésie
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The influence of obesity on anesthetic risk remains controversial, and obesity has only recently been specifically identified as a criterion by which a patient can be given a higher American Society of Anesthesiologists-physical status (ASA-PS) score. Nevertheless, we hypothesized that clinicians had assigned obese patients a greater ASA-PS score before obesity became an "official" criterion in 2015. ⋯ These findings suggest a consistent and temporally stable practice of up-coding obese patients despite this lack of explicit guidance. The ASA House of Delegates' recent decision to specifically mention obesity reinforces long-existing practices regarding ASA-PS coding and will likely not degrade the validity of data sets collected before the change.
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Letter Randomized Controlled Trial
A randomized trial of three lubrication strategies on sore throat after insertion of the LMA® Classic™ supraglottic airway.