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 39,313 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by state, anesthesiology doctor density in Alabama is 451, in Alaska is 64, in Arizona is 976, in Arkansas is 287, in California is 4,619, in Colorado is 765, in Connecticut is 527, in Delaware is 94, in District of Columbia is 270, in Florida is 2,129, in Georgia is 848, in Hawaii is 161, in Idaho is 121, in Illinois is 1,611, in Indiana is 887, in Iowa is 367, in Kansas is 293, in Kentucky is 538, in Louisiana is 499, in Maine is 153, in Maryland is 812, in Massachusetts is 1,202, in Michigan is 1,104, in Minnesota is 590, in Mississippi is 254, in Missouri is 947, in Montana is 135, in Nebraska is 263, in Nevada is 410, in New Hampshire is 139, in New Jersey is 1,159, in New Mexico is 325, in New York is 3,066, in North Carolina is 761, in North Dakota is 69, in Ohio is 1,315, in Oklahoma is 386, in Oregon is 615, in Pennsylvania is 1,940, in Rhode Island is 98, in South Carolina is 392, in South Dakota is 76, in Tennessee is 901, in Texas is 2,881, in Utah is 333, in Vermont is 82, in Virginia is 804, in Washington is 1,296, in West Virginia is 213, in Wisconsin is 882, and in Wyoming is 50.