• Study Offers New Insights Into Morphine-Induced Tolerance and Increased Pain Sensitivity — 05-21-09

• Conservative Blood Glucose Control May Offer Significantly Improved Outcomes for Vascular Surgery Patients — 04-23-09

• PAI-1 Gene Could Be Important Biomarker of Risk in Patients With Severe Pneumonia — 04-23-09

• ASA Partners with MHAUS to Spread the Word about Malignant Hyperthermia — 04-23-09

• Risk Factors for Postoperative Delirium Identified, Simple Tests Can Predict Most Vulnerable Patients — 03-24-09

• Gene Variation Found to Help Predict Surgical Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Patients — 03-24-09

• Anesthesiology Remains at the Forefront of Modern Medicine — 03-30-09

• Study Finds Risks and Benefits of Intensive Insulin Therapy in Neurosurgical Patients — 02-24-09

• Never Ending Pursuit - Advancing Patient Safety, Satisfaction Throughout the Surgical Experience — 03-09-09

• American Society of Anesthesiologists Releases New Recommendations for Anesthesia During MRI — 02-24-09

• Mutant Fruit Fly Gene Could Help Open Doors to Tailor-Made Anesthesia, Insights Into Anesthetic Action — 01-23-09

• Study Finds Early Transfusion of Packed Red Blood Cells to Be Predictor of ARDS in Trauma Patients — 01-23-09

• New ASA Guidelines Address Aggressive Pain Treatments, Related Respiratory Depression — 01-23-09

• Smoking Cessation

• Operating Room Simulation Helps Doctors Prepare for Natural or Man-Made Disasters

• Patient Safety and Bariatric Surgery

• Over-the-Counter Drug Abuse

• Sleep Apnea

• Pediatric Anesthesia

• Herbal Medicine

• Pain Medicine

• Office-Based Surgery

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• Smoking Cessation
• Disaster Preparedness

• Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine dedicated to the relief of pain and total care of the surgical patient before, during and after surgery.
  
  
• The American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is an education and professional association of approximately 43,000 physicians. Its purpose is to raise the standards of medical practice by fostering and encouraging education, research and scientific progress in the specialty and to improve the care of the anesthetized patient.
  
  
• More than 90 percent of all practicing anesthesiologists in the United States belong to ASA, making it the preeminent voice of the specialty.
  
  
• An estimated 40 million anesthetics are administered each year in this country. Anesthesiologists provide or participate in more than 90 percent of these anesthetics.