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 1,265 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by city, anesthesiology doctor density in Alton is 5, in Aurora is 11, in Batavia is 1, in Belleville is 21, in Belvidere is 1, in Berwyn is 15, in Bloomington is 15, in Blue Island is 12, in Burr Ridge is 30, in Canton is 1, in Carbondale is 8, in Centralia is 4, in Champaign is 6, in Charleston is 2, in Chicago is 516, in Chicago Heights is 6, 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 3, in Dekalb is 3, in Des Plaines is 3, in Dixon is 5, in Downers Grove is 5, in Effingham is 6, in Elgin is 19, in Elmhurst is 24, in Evanston is 41, in Freeport is 14, in Galesburg is 3, in Geneva is 6, in Glendale Heights is 4, in Glenview is 17, in Granite City is 2, in Harvard is 6, in Harvey is 10, in Highland Park is 16, in Hoffman Estates is 7, in Jacksonville is 8, in Joliet is 19, in Kankakee is 8, in Kewanee is 1, in La Grange is 8, in Lacon is 1, in Lake Forest is 15, in Lake In The Hills is 1, in Libertyville is 8, in Lincolnwood is 2, in Lombard is 7, in Loves Park is 39, in Macomb is 1, in Mahomet is 1, in Marion is 4, in Mattoon is 4, in Mchenry is 9, in Melrose Park is 9, in Mokena is 2, in Moline is 20, in Morris is 5, in Mount Vernon is 3, in Naperville is 6, in Normal is 8, in North Chicago is 2, in Oak Brook is 8, in Oak Forest is 2, in Oak Lawn is 10, in Oakbrook Terrace is 1, in Ottawa is 1, in Palos Heights is 20, in Palos Hills is 1, in Park Ridge is 41, 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 15, in Rockford is 51, in Sandwich is 1, in Schaumburg is 1, in South Barrington is 2, in Spring Valley is 2, in Springfield is 46, in Sterling is 3, in Streator is 1, in Sycamore is 4, in Tinley Park is 4, in Urbana is 15, in Warrenville is 19, in Waukegan is 4, in West Chicago is 1, in Wheaton is 2, in Wheeling is 8, in Winfield is 17, 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.