Anesthesiology is the practice of blocking pain, discomfort or distress during surgery or an obstetric or diagnostic procedure. An anesthesiologist is specially trained to plan, monitor and administer pain relief before and during an operation, and assess the patient’s condition and recovery afterwards. This specialist consults with patients for pain management, such as cancer patients, and those with critical illnesses or severe injuries.

Physicians in this specialty treat patients suffering from numerous diseases and illnesses, but some of the most common are anesthesia awareness and malignant hyperthermia (mh).

Once properly diagnosed, practitioners can perform numerous procedures on patients including relaxation, homeostasis, and analgesia.

To diagnose patients with possible illnesses and diseases, specialists will often perform one of many tests including halothane caffeine contracture test.

Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 35,878 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by state, anesthesiology doctor density in Alabama is 418, in Alaska is 73, in Arizona is 881, in Arkansas is 241, in California is 4,480, in Colorado is 700, in Connecticut is 414, in Delaware is 115, in District of Columbia is 264, in Florida is 2,053, in Georgia is 846, in Hawaii is 164, in Idaho is 100, in Illinois is 1,241, in Indiana is 907, in Iowa is 351, in Kansas is 261, in Kentucky is 477, in Louisiana is 357, in Maine is 115, in Maryland is 856, in Massachusetts is 1,289, in Michigan is 1,043, in Minnesota is 540, in Mississippi is 240, in Missouri is 804, in Montana is 123, in Nebraska is 233, in Nevada is 322, in New Hampshire is 151, in New Jersey is 1,047, in New Mexico is 256, in New York is 2,834, in North Carolina is 760, in North Dakota is 53, in Ohio is 1,415, in Oklahoma is 403, in Oregon is 549, in Pennsylvania is 1,609, in Rhode Island is 107, in South Carolina is 349, in South Dakota is 68, in Tennessee is 559, in Texas is 2,670, in Utah is 350, in Vermont is 82, in Virginia is 799, in Washington is 1,028, in West Virginia is 171, in Wisconsin is 770, and in Wyoming is 55.