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, Analgesia, and Homeostasis.
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 40,305 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by state, anesthesiology doctor density in Alabama is 435, in Alaska is 76, in Arizona is 930, in Arkansas is 261, in California is 4,838, in Colorado is 770, in Connecticut is 475, in Delaware is 127, in District of Columbia is 227, in Florida is 2,347, in Georgia is 919, in Hawaii is 169, in Idaho is 104, in Illinois is 1,604, in Indiana is 1,010, in Iowa is 367, in Kansas is 269, in Kentucky is 550, in Louisiana is 383, in Maine is 150, in Maryland is 962, in Massachusetts is 1,386, in Michigan is 1,120, in Minnesota is 557, in Mississippi is 256, in Missouri is 915, in Montana is 134, in Nebraska is 239, in Nevada is 351, in New Hampshire is 177, in New Jersey is 1,270, in New Mexico is 255, in New York is 3,143, in North Carolina is 862, in North Dakota is 69, in Ohio is 1,546, in Oklahoma is 431, in Oregon is 590, in Pennsylvania is 1,954, in Rhode Island is 108, in South Carolina is 428, in South Dakota is 68, in Tennessee is 715, in Texas is 3,045, in Utah is 432, in Vermont is 88, in Virginia is 907, in Washington is 1,079, in West Virginia is 176, in Wisconsin is 788, and in Wyoming is 58.
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