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. Connecticut has 527 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by city, anesthesiology doctor density in Ansonia is 1, in Avon is 1, in Branford is 13, in Bridgeport is 35, in Bristol is 10, in Burlington is 1, in Cheshire is 1, in Danbury is 26, in Derby is 6, in East Hartford is 72, in Enfield is 3, in Fairfield is 6, in Farmington is 37, in Glastonbury is 1, in Greenwich is 22, in Groton is 8, in Guilford is 1, in Hamden is 16, in Hartford is 93, in Lakeville is 1, in Madison is 2, in Manchester is 21, in Meriden is 5, in Middletown is 21, in Milford is 20, in New Britain is 14, in New Canaan is 4, in New Haven is 107, in New London is 12, in New Milford is 5, in New Preston Marble D is 1, in New Preston Marble Dale is 1, in Newington is 1, in North Haven is 1, in Norwalk is 37, in Norwich is 7, in Old Greenwich is 1, in Old Saybrook is 1, in Orange is 1, in Pawcatuck is 1, in Plainville is 12, in Putnam is 1, in Rocky Hill is 27, in Salem is 1, in Sharon is 4, in Shelton is 14, in Simsbury is 1, in South Windsor is 2, in Southbury is 1, in Southington is 10, in Southport is 2, in Stafford is 1, in Stafford Springs is 4, in Stamford is 36, in Stratford is 12, in Tolland is 1, in Torrington is 9, in Trumbull is 11, in Vernon Rockville is 5, in Wallingford is 1, in Waterbury is 30, in West Hartford is 6, in West Haven is 2, in Weston is 1, in Wethersfield is 4, in Willimantic is 5, in Wilton is 1, and in Woodbridge is 4.

This New England state is one of the original 13 states; Connecticut’s capital is Hartford and its population is 3,510,297. This state is steeped in history. Visit the past at the Nathan Hale Homestead near New London, or Yale University in New Haven. Tour the home of Mark Twain, the New England Air Museum, or the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk. Explore a historic tobacco farming area, do some hiking and biking, or visit the numerous antique shops or lighthouses in the eastern coastal area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Connecticut has a population of 3,510,297. Of this population, 812,182 are under the age of 18 and 472,089 are at or above the age of 65.