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 40,769 practicing anesthesiologists. Broken out by state, anesthesiology doctor density in Alabama is 441, in Alaska is 76, in Arizona is 946, in Arkansas is 266, in California is 4,897, in Colorado is 771, in Connecticut is 477, in Delaware is 128, in District of Columbia is 230, in Florida is 2,364, in Georgia is 927, in Hawaii is 173, in Idaho is 106, in Illinois is 1,619, in Indiana is 1,019, in Iowa is 371, in Kansas is 271, in Kentucky is 555, in Louisiana is 392, in Maine is 152, in Maryland is 973, in Massachusetts is 1,407, in Michigan is 1,142, in Minnesota is 578, in Mississippi is 256, in Missouri is 922, in Montana is 137, in Nebraska is 240, in Nevada is 352, in New Hampshire is 182, in New Jersey is 1,281, in New Mexico is 258, in New York is 3,180, in North Carolina is 868, in North Dakota is 80, in Ohio is 1,567, in Oklahoma is 435, in Oregon is 602, in Pennsylvania is 1,956, in Rhode Island is 109, in South Carolina is 433, in South Dakota is 70, in Tennessee is 723, in Texas is 3,078, in Utah is 434, in Vermont is 90, in Virginia is 916, in Washington is 1,091, in West Virginia is 180, in Wisconsin is 797, and in Wyoming is 59.
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