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. Illinois has 1,402 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by city, anesthesiology doctor density in Addison is 1, in Alton is 5, in Aurora is 11, in Batavia is 1, in Belleville is 22, in Belvidere is 1, in Berwyn is 15, in Bloomington is 16, in Blue Island is 12, in Canton is 1, in Carbondale is 8, in Carol Stream is 1, in Centralia is 4, in Champaign is 6, in Charleston is 2, in Chicago is 584, in Chicago Heights is 7, in Country Club Hills is 2, in Crystal Lake is 2, in Danville is 8, in Darien is 1, in Decatur is 11, in Deerfield is 4, in Dekalb is 3, in Des Plaines is 3, in Dixon is 5, in Dundee is 1, in Effingham is 7, in Elgin is 21, in Elmhurst is 24, in Evanston is 32, in Evergreen Park is 1, in Frankfort is 1, in Freeport is 15, in Galesburg is 3, in Geneva is 6, in Granite City is 2, in Harvard is 6, in Harvey is 10, in Highland Park is 16, in Homewood is 1, in Hopedale is 2, in Jacksonville is 8, in Joliet is 20, in Kankakee is 9, in Kewanee is 1, in La Grange is 9, in Lacon is 1, in Lake Forest is 16, in Libertyville is 10, in Loves Park is 39, in Macomb is 1, in Mahomet is 1, in Marion is 6, in Mattoon is 4, in Mchenry is 9, in Moline is 20, in Morris is 5, in Mount Vernon is 3, in Naperville is 10, in Niles is 7, in Normal is 8, in North Chicago is 2, in Northbrook is 6, in O Fallon is 1, in Oak Brook is 9, in Oak Forest is 2, in Oak Lawn is 12, in Oakbrook Terrace is 1, in Orland Park is 10, in Ottawa is 1, in Palos Heights is 22, in Palos Hills is 1, in Park Ridge is 42, in Pekin is 2, in Peoria is 23, in Peru is 4, in Princeton is 2, in Quincy is 7, in Riverwoods is 1, in Rock Island is 13, in Rockford is 53, in Sandwich is 1, in Skokie is 12, in Spring Valley is 2, in Springfield is 47, in Sterling is 3, in Streator is 1, in Sycamore is 4, in Tinley Park is 4, in Urbana is 16, in Villa Park is 1, in Warrenville is 20, in Waukegan is 4, in West Chicago is 1, in Wheaton is 2, in Wheeling is 8, in Wood Dale is 1, in Woodstock is 9, and in Zion is 1.

Most people think that Chicago, because of its size and popularity, is Illinois’ capital city, but that distinction belongs to Springfield, home of the Abraham Lincoln Museum. Illinois has hundreds of museums, numerous yearly art and ethnic festivals, a lakeshore bordering Lake Michigan, and the many national forests and parks that offers visitors camping, horseback riding, biking, kayaking, and fishing. Chicago is home to the Sears Tower, the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Adler Planetarium, the Museum of Science and Industry, and other cultural opportunities and restaurants in the Navy Pier area.

According to 2005 Census estimates, Illinois has a population of 12,763,371. Of this population, 3,172,677 are under the age of 18 and 1,523,937 are at or above the age of 65.