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Also known as anaesthesia, anaesthetics, anesthesiology
Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, and pain medicine. A physician specialized in anesthesiology is called an anesthesiologist, anaesthesiologist, or anaesthetist, depending on the country. In some countries, the terms are synonymous, while in other countries, they refer to different positions and anesthetist is only used for non-physicians, such as nurse anesthetists.
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Anesthesiology is the medical specialty that manages patients' care before, during, and after surgery, including administering anesthesia, managing pain, and providing intensive and emergency care. Doctors who specialize in this field, called anesthesiologists or anaesthetists, play a critical role in ensuring patient safety and comfort throughout surgical procedures.
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Key facts
- Medical speciality.title
- AnesthesiologyAnaesthesiologyAnaesthesiaAnaesthetics
- Medical speciality.subdivisions
- Intensive care medicinePain medicineCritical emergency medicine
- Medical speciality.image
- Physician_anesthesiologist.jpg
- Medical speciality.caption
- An anesthesiologist controlling a patient's airway while inducing anesthesia
- Medical speciality.focus
- Anesthesia, perioperative medicine
- Medical speciality.specialist
- AnesthesiologistAnaesthesiologistAnaesthetist
- Medical speciality.education required
- Medical degree
- Occupation.type
- Specialty
- Occupation.activity_sector
- Medicine
- Occupation.formation
- Doctor of Medicine (MD) Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS, MBCHB, et al.)
- Occupation.employment_field