Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
From: Evaluating comorbidities in total hip and knee arthroplasty: available instruments
1Â A normally healthy patient | |
2Â A patient with mild systemic disease | |
3Â A patient with severe systemic disease that limits activity but is not incapacitating | |
4Â A patient with an incapacitating systemic disease that is a constant threat to life | |
5Â A moribund patient who is not expected to survive 24Â h with or without treatment |