Anesthesiology is the practice of medicine which involves the perioperative care of patients and the treatment of pain. The field is predominately a (k) _________specialty, which cares for patients (l)_____ pre-operatively, post-operatively and in critical care units. It also involves the treatment of acute and chronic pain as one of its major (m)_____. The practice of anesthesiology includes a wide (n)______ of patients: all ages, all degrees of illnesses and both sexes. The subspecialties include: pediatric, cardiac, neuro, obstetrical, ambulatory anesthesia as well as critical care medicine and pain management. Individuals interested in anesthesiology are those who enjoy physiology and applied (o)_______ in the clinical setting. They must be comfortable with managing acute life threatening problems and enjoy working in the operating room.k)